jac- root words — words with the jac- root

The root jac- comes from Latin jacere, meaning to lie. 17 words in Dendril are built from it, including adjacency, agistment, agistor, circumjacent, dejecta, interjacent, interjectional, interjectory, microinjection, microprojection, nonadjacent, subjacency. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the jac- root

Explore words with jac- — words containing the jac- root and sharing its sense of "to lie". Examples include adjacency, agistment, agistor, circumjacent, dejecta, interjacent, interjectional, interjectory, microinjection, microprojection, nonadjacent, subjacency. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The jac- root means to lie, from Latin jacere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.