Where does “eject” come from?

Eject comes from Latin eiectum, the past participle of eicio meaning to throw out, from ex- meaning out and the Proto-Indo-European root eǵ- meaning to drive or move.

eject (English): To compel to leave; To throw out or remove...

Definitions

  1. To compel to leave; To throw out or remove...

Ancestry of “eject”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchéjecter—
2Latinēiectusexpelled, ejected, rejected
3Latinēiciōto cast, thrust or drive out
4Latinē-—
5Latinēx-out, away
6Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “eject”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →