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Where does “unabject” come from?

unabject (English) comes from English abject, from Middle English abjecten, from Middle English abiect, from Latin abiectus, from Latin abiciō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

unabject (English): Not abject

Definitions

  1. Not abject

Ancestry of “unabject”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabjectSunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or...
2Middle Englishabjecten—
3Middle Englishabiectoutcast, wretched
4Latinabiectusthrown or cast aside, down or away, having been...
5Latinabiciō—
6Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
7Latināb—
8Proto-Germanic*ab—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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