According to the book "
Modern English Structures: Form, Function and Position
" by Bernard O'Dwyer, similar words like eject, inject, reject, object, etc., all have the stem
-ject which means
to throw. The prefixes add more meaning to the stem, and new words emerge. Taking a quick look at
the page (provided by Google Books) where O'Dwyer is referring to those words with the -ject ending might convince you to purchase the book. Please go to Amazon through my website, rather than the link Google provides, so I earn a little commission from your purchase, rather than Google does :-) Thanks.
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