DictionaryRoot: iacere
Latin
iacere
throw, cast
Forms
- iac-
- iact- — Latin stem of the form meaning ‘thrown.’
- -ic- — Used in Latin compounds.
- -iect- — Stem of the form meaning ‘thrown’ in Latin compounds.
- -ject- — English spelling of the compound stem.
Origin
Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *ye-, ‘throw; impel.’
Note
Latin vowel length distinguishes this verb from iacēre, ‘lie down.’
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verb
project
To extend or cast outward from a starting point.
Etymology
The components mean to throw forward. Project retains that outward movement for objects, beams, images, or parts extending beyond a surface.
Related word entries
- abject
- adjective
- conjectural
- conjecture
- ejection
- injection
- objectTarget of attention or action
- objectExpressing opposition
- objectPhysical thing
- objectPurpose
- objection
- objectiveImpartial
- objectiveGoal
- projectPlanned undertaking
- projectOutward transmission
- projectile
- projectionImage display
- projectionProtruding part
- projectionForecast
- projectionAttributing feelings to others
- reject
- rejection
- subjectTopic
- subjectLiable to be affected
- subjection
- subjective
- trajectory