English
interjacent
Interjacent comes from Latin jaceō ‘to lie down’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEjaceōas jacēre‘to lie down’
- Englishearliest quotation 1785interjacent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEjaceōas jacēre‘to lie down’
- Englishearliest quotation 1785interjacent
Earliest quotation: 1785, Thomas Jefferson: “The interjacent islands between Asia and America admit his…”
Every English word from Latin jaceō
Today it means
adj Situated between; lying among.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin jaceō / interjacent