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Where does “abiect” come from?

abiect (Middle English) comes from Latin abiectus, from Latin abiciō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abiect (Middle English): outcast, wretched

Definitions

  1. outcast, wretched

Ancestry of “abiect”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabiectusthrown or cast aside, down or away, having been...
2Latinabiciō—
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latināb—
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abiect”

  • abject
  • abjectness
  • abjective
  • unabject
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