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English word project comes from Latin iacio, Latin pro, and later German Projekt (Project.)

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iacio (Latin)

(as a shadow) I project.. (figuratively) I throw out in speaking, let fall, utter, mention, declare.. I lay, set, establish, build, found, construct, erect.. I scatter, sow, throw.. I send forth, emit; bring forth, produce.. I throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away.

pro (Latin)

About. According to. As befitting. As, like. Before. For. In front, instead of. On behalf of.

proicio (Latin)

(by extension) I cast out, expel, exile, banish.. (by extension) I stretch out, hold out, extend, project.. (figuratively) I put off, defer, delay.. (figuratively) I throw away, give up, yield, resign, renounce, reject, disdain; neglect, desert, abandon.. (figuratively, with se) I rush into something; degrade myself.. (in architecture) I let part of a building jut out, cause to project.. I [...]

proiectum (Latin)

proiectus (Latin)

Projekt (German)

Project.

project (English)

(dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.. (obsolete) A projectile.. (obsolete) A projection.. (obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.. (usually plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages. (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with [...]

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