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subjacent (adj.)
1590s, from Latin
subiacentem
(nominative
subiacens
) "lying beneath," present participle of
subiacere
"to lie underneath, lie near, adjoin," from
sub-
"under," also "close to" (see
sub-
) +
iacere
"to throw" (see
jet
(v.)).
