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iactare
Latin · ancient
"to throw repeatedly"
to throw repeatedly, giving rise to French jeter (to throw)
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jetee
Old French · medieval
"a structure projecting into water"
a thing thrown out, a structure projecting into water, from jeter
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jetty
English · 1400s
"a structure projecting into water to protect a harbor or shoreline"
settled as the English word for a structure projecting into water to protect a harbor
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