English
jeton
Jeton comes from French jeton ‘a game chip or token, a counter’, from jeter ‘to throw’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiactōas iactāre
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEiectāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jeter‘to throw’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to throw’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentjeton‘a game chip or token, a counter’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiactōas iactāre
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEiectāre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jeter‘to throw’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to throw’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentjeton‘a game chip or token, a counter’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978same form
Earliest quotation: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet): “The girl took a jeton and was given a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, trajectory, catheter, enema, abject, jut, iambic, dejection, jetsam, 36 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, projection, objection, projectile, ejection, objector, 23 more
through Latin iaciō ‘to throw’
project, disease, ease, object, adjacent, injection, jet, gist, inject, adjective, conjecture, ejaculation, eject, ejaculate, joist, interject, subjection, 31 more
through Latin iactō
through Late Latin iectāre
Today it means
noun A counter or token.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / jeton