The story
- Latin · derived fromreiectus
- Middle English · inherited fromrejecten
- English todayreject
From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.