Where does “abjection” come from?

abjection (Middle French) comes from Latin abiectio, from Latin abiciō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

Ancestry of “abjection”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabiectiothrowing away or rejecting; dejection,...
2Latinabiciōto throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó

Words derived from “abjection

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apóEvery word from Proto-Germanic *abEvery word from Latin āb
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