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jetty (n.)
early 15c., from Old French
jetee
"a jetty, a projecting part of a building," also "a throw," noun use of fem. past participle of
jeter
"to throw" (see
jet
(v.)). Notion is of a structure "thrown out" past what surrounds it.
