English
subjacent
Subjacent comes from Latin subiaceō ‘lie beneath’, from iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’, 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‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaceō‘lie’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubiaceō‘lie beneath’
- Englishearliest quotation 1887subjacent
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‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaceō‘lie’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubiaceō‘lie beneath’
- Englishearliest quotation 1887subjacent
Earliest quotation: 1887, R. A. Murray, Victoria. Geology and Physical Geography: “In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, trajectory, catheter, abject, enema, jut, iambic, jetsam, 36 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, dejection, 22 more
through Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
project, object, jet, injection, jess, inject, conjecture, adjective, ejection, jetty, eject, ejaculation, jettison, ejaculate, interject, subjection, 30 more
through Latin iaceō ‘lie’
Today it means
adj Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / subjacent