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Where does “iacere” come from?

iacere (Latin) comes from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

iacere (Latin): present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...

Ancestry of “iacere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniaceō—
2Latin-eō—
3Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
4Proto-Italic-ējō—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “iacere”

  • jet
  • aa
  • adjective
  • jetty
  • adjectival
  • jettison
  • inkjet
  • jetsam
  • jess
  • turbojet
  • jitney
  • circumjacent
  • ramjet
  • LaserJet
  • rejet
  • jete
  • overjet
  • jetway
  • jeté
  • interjacent
  • electrojet
  • adjectivally
  • dijet
  • jetter
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