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Where does “rejeitar” come from?

rejeitar (Portuguese) comes from Latin reiectare, from Latin rēiectus, from Latin rēiciō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

rejeitar (Portuguese): to reject; to disapprove; to despise

Definitions

  1. to reject; to disapprove; to despise

Ancestry of “rejeitar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreiectare—
2Latinrēiectus—
3Latinrēiciō—
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “rejeitar”

  • rejeição
  • antirrejeição
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