Injection
/ɪnˈdʒekʃən/noun
The act or process of putting a substance into the body or another medium, often with a syringe.
Did you know?In Latin, the root could describe physically throwing something in, while later English extended the idea to inserting words, money, or substances.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*yeh₁-
“To throw or cast”
Classical Latin
Latin
iacere
“To throw, cast, or hurl”
Classical Latin
Latin
inicere
“To throw in, put in, or insert”
Late Latin
Latin
injectio
“A throwing in or insertion”
15th Century
Middle English
injection
“The act of throwing or inserting; introduction”
Modern English
English
injection
“The introduction of a substance into the body or another medium, especially by syringe”
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