iacio.
to throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away
Meaning & usage
to throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away
Alea iacta est.
to lay, set, establish, build, found, construct, erect
fundamenta iacere
to send forth, emit; bring forth, produce
to scatter, sow, throw
to project
to throw out in speaking, let fall, utter, mention, declare
Where this word comes from
From *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw”). According to Leppänen, the aorist form *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként may have yielded an early Proto-Italic aorist of the shape *jēked ~ *jakond, to which iaciō was created as an innovative ye-present. Schrijver and De Vaan, however, derive the term from Proto-Italic *jak-i-, which De Vaan further traces back to Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁-k-(i-). Phonologically, a development of *Hih₁- > ī- may be expected, though Schrijver notes—citing the etymologies of vacuus and vannus—a regular development of *Hih₁- > ia- is also possible. De Vaan suggests that, even if the phonological outcome is not regular, the term might have been remodeled from earlier *īcio according to the model of pairs such as faciō ~ fēcī. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵημι (híēmi, “to send, throw”).
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