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Where does “metaobject” come from?

metaobject (English) comes from English object, from Old French object, from Latin obiectum, from Latin obiectus, from Latin obiciō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

metaobject (English): Any entity that manipulates, creates, describes,...

Definitions

  1. Any entity that manipulates, creates, describes,...

Ancestry of “metaobject”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishobjectA thing that has physical :existence; Objective;...
2Old Frenchobject—
3LatinobiectumA charge, accusation
4Latinobiectusoffered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed
5Latinobiciō—
6Latinob-towards; against
7Latinobolusobolus
8Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
9Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
10Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
12Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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