English
projectile
Projectile comes from Latin prōiectus ‘projected’, from prōiciō ‘throw forth’, 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 CEprōiciō‘throw forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōiectus‘projected’perfect passive participle of prōiciō
- Englishearliest quotation 1731projectile
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 CEprōiciō‘throw forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōiectus‘projected’perfect passive participle of prōiciō
- Englishearliest quotation 1731projectile
Earliest quotation: 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments: “A free and strong Projectile Motion of the Blood…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, catheter, trajectory, enema, jut, abject, iambic, jetsam, 39 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, objection, objector, dejection, 25 more
through Latin iaciō ‘throw, hurl’
disease, ease, adjacent, jet, object, jess, injection, gist, conjecture, inject, jetty, ejaculation, adjective, ejaculate, ejection, eject, joist, jettison, subjection, interject, 31 more
Today it means
noun An object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / projectile