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