Where does “ejecta” come from?

ejecta (Romanian) comes from French éjecter, from Latin ēiectō, from Latin ēiectus, from Latin ēiciō, from Latin ē-, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

ejecta (Romanian): to eject

Definitions

  1. to eject

Ancestry of “ejecta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéjecterto eject
2Latinēiectōto cast out, throw out
3Latinēiectusexpelled, ejected, rejected
4Latinēiciōto cast, thrust or drive out
5Latinē-—
6Latinēx-out, away
7Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—

Words derived from “ejecta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin ē- →