Etymology

subjection

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Today it means: The act of bringing something under the control of something else. Full definition →

Middle English subjectioun ← Anglo-Norman subjectioun ← Old French subjection
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  1. Latin · derived fromsubjectiō
  2. Old French · derived fromsubjection
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromsubjectioun
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsubjectioun
  5. English todaysubjection

From Middle English subjectioun, from Anglo-Norman subjectioun, Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), and their etymon Latin subjectiō. By surface analysis, subject + -ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.