English
surject
Surject comes from Latin superiaciō ‘to cast or throw over or upon’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-1‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō1‘throw, hurl’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuperiaciō2‘to cast or throw over or upon’
- Englishtodaysurject2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin superiacio
- 2 Wiktionary, English surject
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-Wiktionary, Latin superiacio‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntWiktionary, Latin superiacioreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciōWiktionary, Latin superiacio‘throw, hurl’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuperiaciōWiktionary, English surject‘to cast or throw over or upon’
- EnglishtodaysurjectWiktionary, English surject
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, catheter, trajectory, enema, jut, iambic, abject, jetsam, 35 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, dejection, 21 more
through Latin iaciō ‘throw, hurl’
disease, project, ease, adjacent, jet, object, injection, jess, gist, ejaculation, adjective, jetty, inject, conjecture, ejaculate, ejection, jettison, eject, joist, subjection, interject, 29 more
Today it means
verb To form or to undergo surjection
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “surject”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin superiacio. 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- / surject