projector
/pɹəˈdʒektə/pruh-JEK-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/pɹəˈdʒɛktɚ/pruh-JEK-tur
Meaningone that projects
Common meaning: a device that throws an image onto a screen
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- proforward, forSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 413 · scan
- jectto throw, hurlLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1009 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘forward, for’ + ‘to throw, hurl’ → projector
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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 project + -or.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PROJECT, p.470 · scan
Roots
- iaciō (jaciō), iēcī, iactum Latin “to throw, hurl”
- proiectum Latin “thrown forward”
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