| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | y - |
| DEFINITION: | To throw, impel. Contracted from *ye 1-.1. Extended zero-grade forms *yak-yo- and *yak-- (stative). gist, gite, jactitation, jess, jet2, jeté, jetsam, jettison, jetty1, joist, jut; abject, adjacent, adjective, amice, circumjacent, conjecture, deject, ejaculate, eject, inject, interject, object, parget, project, reject, subjacent, subject, superjacent, traject, from Latin iacere, to throw, lay, and iacre, to lie down (< “to be thrown”) and iaculum, dart. 2. Basic form *y- and zero-grade form *y-. catheter, diesis, enema, paresis, synesis, from Greek h enai, to send, throw. (Pokorny  - 502.) |
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