Where does “abject” come from?
abject (Dutch) comes from French abject, from Latin abiectus, from Latin abiciō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abject (Dutch): reprehensible, despicable, abject
Definitions
- reprehensible, despicable, abject
Ancestry of “abject”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abject | Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile;... |
| 2 | Latin | abiectus | thrown or cast aside, down or away, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | abiciō | to throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |