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Where does “rejecten” come from?

rejecten (Middle English) comes from Latin rēiectus, from Latin rēiciō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “rejecten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrēiectus—
2Latinrēiciō—
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “rejecten”

  • reject
  • rejecteth
  • rejecter
  • rejectable
  • rejector
  • rejective
  • rejectest
  • rejectee
  • rejectment
  • irrejectable
  • unreject
  • リジェクト
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