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jettison

jet·ti·son

UK/ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/ US/ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/ uncommon

verb

1.

throw away, of something encumbering

2.

throw as from an airplane

Origin

From Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, from *iectātus < iectāre, from Latin iactō. Doublet of jetsam.

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