The story
- Latin · derived fromreiectiō
- Latin · borrowed fromreiectiōnem
- French · borrowed fromréjection
- English todayrejection
From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.