Where does “ejector” come from?
Ejector comes from the Latin past participle eiectum of eicio, formed from the prefix ex- meaning "out" and a root traced to Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
ejector (English): One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses; A...
Definitions
- One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses; A...
Ancestry of “ejector”, step by step
ejector traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |