Etymograph

English

subjacency

From subjacent + -cy.

Formed from subjacent + -cy

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként

Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’

Latin iaceō ‘lie’

Latin subiaceō ‘lie beneath’

English subjacent

Today it means

noun The state of being subjacent.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / subjacency