Etymograph

English

ejaculation

Ejaculation comes from French éjaculation, from Latin ēiaculor ‘to shoot out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-1‘to throw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō1‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculus1‘that is thrown’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculum1‘a dart, a javelin’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculor1‘to throw, dart’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēiaculor2as ēiaculārī‘to shoot out’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentéjaculation2
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1807ejaculation2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin eiaculor
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English ejaculation
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1807, Francis Jeffrey, Discipline: “They say no graces; but when their meal is…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-Wiktionary, Latin eiaculor‘to throw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntWiktionary, Latin eiaculorreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciōWiktionary, Latin eiaculor‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculusWiktionary, Latin eiaculor‘that is thrown’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculumWiktionary, Latin eiaculor‘a dart, a javelin’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculorWiktionary, Latin eiaculor‘to throw, dart’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēiaculorWiktionary, English ejaculationas ēiaculārī‘to shoot out’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentéjaculationWiktionary, English ejaculation
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1807ejaculationWiktionary, English ejaculation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1807, Francis Jeffrey, Discipline: “They say no graces; but when their meal is…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’

year, hour, trajectory, catheter, abject, enema, jut, iambic, jetsam, dejection, 37 more

through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként

objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, ejection, 24 more

through Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’

project, disease, object, ease, jet, adjacent, jess, injection, inject, conjecture, adjective, gist, jetty, eject, interject, jettison, joist, subjection, 32 more

Today it means

noun The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ejaculation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin eiaculor. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / ejaculation

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