English
inject
Inject comes from Latin injiciō ‘to throw in’, and goes back to iaciō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘I throw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinjiciō‘to throw in’next step skipped: Latin iniciō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiniectus
- Englishearliest quotation 1649inject
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘I throw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinjiciō‘to throw in’next step skipped: Latin iniciō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiniectus
- Englishearliest quotation 1649inject
Earliest quotation: 1649, John Milton, London: […] Matthew Simmons: “Caesar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, objective, projection, catheter, objection, trajectory, enema, projectile, jut, iambic, abject, objector, jetsam, dejection, 38 more
through Latin iaciō ‘I throw’
disease, project, ease, adjacent, jet, object, jess, gist, ejaculation, adjective, jetty, conjecture, ejaculate, ejection, jettison, joist, eject, subjection, interject, 32 more
Today it means
verb To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin iaciō / inject