ejection
/ɪˈdʒekʃən/ih-JEK-shuhn
/ɪˈdʒɛkʃən/ih-JEK-shuhn
Meaningthe act of ejecting
Common meaning: throwing out
- eout
- jectto throw, hurlLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1009 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘out’ + ‘to throw, hurl’ → ejection
Journey through time
- Latiniaciō (jaciō), iēcī, iactum‘to throw, hurl’
- Englisheject‘to throw or push out with force’
- Englishformed in English from ejectejection‘throwing out’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from eject + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EJECT, p.186 · scan
Roots
- iaciō (jaciō), iēcī, iactum Latin “to throw, hurl”
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