From the trademarked Jetway, a common American manufacturer of jet bridges, from jet + way.
A compound of jet + way
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
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Latin iactus ‘a throwing, a throw’
Vulgar Latin *iectus
Old French get
French jet ‘spurt’
English jet
Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to bring’
Proto-Germanic *wegaz
Proto-West Germanic *weg ‘way’
Old English weġ
Middle English way
English way
Today it means
noun Synonym of jet bridge: an elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane.
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Etymograph / jetway
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