Latin

jaceō

‘to throw’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin jaceō.

5 English words in this record descend from Latin jaceō, most familiar first.

• disjection ← disjicere
• interjacent
• jacent ← jacens
• jactancy ← jactantia ← jactans ← jactare
• superjacent ← superjacēns

Etymograph / Latin jaceō