L’etymologie La racine: jet =throw (in English)
NOUN A jet plane is fast and seemingly ‘thrown’ through the sky. There’s a song that goes, “I’m leaving, on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again….”
NOUN A long word from the root ‘jet’ is ‘jettison.’ It means to throw out or get rid of. When a house has a major fire, most of the remains have to be jettisoned completely, but I hope the inhabitants can find a few precious mementos to salvage.
VERB Another word from this root is “eject.” And the prefix ex- or e- means ‘out.’ When one ejects a disk from his computer, the disk slides out of the machine. (the disk is ‘thrown out’ of the computer)
VERBE Et en francais, le verbe ‘jeter’ veut dire “to throw out.” Jetez le chewing-gum dans la poubelle. Je jette le devoir sans nom dans la boite.