Etymograph

English

subjection

Subjection comes from Latin subiectio ‘laying, putting or placing under’, from iaciō ‘throw, hurl’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.

  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‘throw, hurl’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubiciō2‘to throw, lay, place, set or bring under or near’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubiectio3as subjectiō‘laying, putting or placing under’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400subjectioun3
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500subjectioun3
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1671subjection3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin subicio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin subiectio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English subjection
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, […].: “Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-Wiktionary, Latin subicio‘to throw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntWiktionary, Latin subicioreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciōWiktionary, Latin subicio‘throw, hurl’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubiciōWiktionary, Latin subiectio‘to throw, lay, place, set or bring under or near’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubiectioWiktionary, English subjectionas subjectiō‘laying, putting or placing under’
  6. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400subjectiounWiktionary, English subjection
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500subjectiounWiktionary, English subjection
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1671subjectionWiktionary, English subjection. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, […].: “Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To…”

Linked words

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

year, hour, catheter, trajectory, enema, jut, iambic, abject, jetsam, dejection, 36 more

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

objective, projection, objection, projectile, ejection, objector, 23 more

through Latin iaciō ‘throw, hurl’

disease, project, ease, adjacent, jet, object, jess, gist, injection, inject, jetty, conjecture, adjective, ejaculate, ejaculation, eject, joist, jettison, interject, 31 more

Today it means

noun The act of bringing something under the control of something else.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subjection”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin subicio, Latin subiectio. 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- / subjection

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