English
interject
Interject comes from Latin interiectus ‘thrown or placed between’, and goes back to 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 CEintericiō‘place between’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinteriectus‘thrown or placed between’perfect passive participle of intericiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1791interject
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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 CEintericiō‘place between’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinteriectus‘thrown or placed between’perfect passive participle of intericiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1791interject
Earliest quotation: 1791, James Boswell, (please specify the year): “He roared with prodigious violence against George the Second.…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, trajectory, catheter, enema, jut, abject, iambic, jetsam, 37 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, dejection, 23 more
through Latin iaciō ‘throw, hurl’
disease, project, ease, jet, object, adjacent, jess, injection, gist, conjecture, ejaculation, adjective, jetty, inject, ejection, ejaculate, eject, jettison, joist, subjection, 31 more
Today it means
verb To insert something between other things.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / interject