English
jetlike
From jet + -like.
Formed from jet + -like
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
…
Latin iactus ‘a throwing, a throw’
Vulgar Latin *iectus
Old French get
French jet ‘spurt’
English jet
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of jet (the precious stone).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jetlike