English
ejaculation
Ejaculation comes from French éjaculation, from Latin ēiaculor ‘to shoot out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’.
- 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‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculus‘that is thrown’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculum‘a dart, a javelin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculor‘to throw, dart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēiaculoras ēiaculārī‘to shoot out’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentéjaculation
- Englishearliest quotation 1807ejaculation
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‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculus‘that is thrown’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculum‘a dart, a javelin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaculor‘to throw, dart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēiaculoras ēiaculārī‘to shoot out’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentéjaculation
- Englishearliest quotation 1807ejaculation
Earliest quotation: 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, 38 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, ejection, 25 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, 33 more
Today it means
noun The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / ejaculation