English
dejection
Dejection comes from Latin deiectio ‘a casting down’, from iaciō ‘throw, hurl’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘throw, hurl’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēiciō‘to throw, cast, or hurl down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeiectioas dejectio‘a casting down’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400dejection
- Englishearliest quotation 1659same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘throw, hurl’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēiciō‘to throw, cast, or hurl down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeiectioas dejectio‘a casting down’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400dejection
- Englishearliest quotation 1659same form
Earliest quotation: 1659, Bishop John Pearson: “Adoration implies submission and dejection, so that while we…”
Equivalent to deject + -ion
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, catheter, trajectory, enema, jut, abject, iambic, jetsam, 38 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, 24 more
through Latin iaciō ‘throw, hurl’
disease, project, ease, adjacent, jet, object, jess, gist, injection, inject, jetty, conjecture, adjective, ejaculate, ejaculation, joist, eject, jettison, interject, subjection, 31 more
Today it means
noun A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / dejection