Word part · Latin root
The Latin root ject
Means: throw.
At a glance
- Part
- ject
- Meaning
- throw
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
A projector throws light forward; to eject is to throw something out.
Example words
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- pro (prefix)+ject (root or base)→project
throw forward, like light onto a screen
- pro (prefix)+ject (root or base)+or (suffix)→projector
a machine that throws a picture onto a screen
- in (prefix)+ject (root or base)→inject
push liquid into something, such as medicine through a needle
- in (prefix)+ject (root or base)+ion (suffix)→injection
a dose of medicine pushed in with a needle
- re (prefix)+ject (root or base)→reject
throw back; refuse to take
- e (prefix)+ject (root or base)→eject
throw out
e + ject: the prefix changes to match → eject
- pro (prefix)+ject (root or base)+ion (suffix)→projection
a picture thrown onto a screen
- re (prefix)+ject (root or base)+ion (suffix)→rejection
the act of refusing to take something
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