Etymology

injection

in·jec·tion
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Today it means: The act of injecting, or something that is injected. Full definition →

Middle French injection ← Latin iniectio ← French injection
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  1. French · derived frominjection
  2. Latin · derived frominiectio
  3. Middle French · borrowed frominjection
  4. English todayinjection

Borrowed from Middle French injection, from Latin iniectio. The mathematical sense is from French injection, introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in their treatise Éléments de mathématique. Equivalent to inject + -ion.

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