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Deject

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means sad, discouraged, or in low spirits
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Stage 1 of 2
deicere
Latin · ancient
"to throw down"
to throw down, from de- (down) and iacere (to throw), with irregular past participle dejectus
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Stage 2 of 2
deject
English · 1400s
"to make someone feel sad and discouraged"
settled as the English word for making someone feel sad and discouraged
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