Where does “multiobjective” come from?
I appreciate the challenge, but I need to flag a problem: the etymology chain provided doesn't coherently connect to "multiobjective." The chain appears to trace elements separately (Latin "multus" meaning "many," Latin "-ivus" as a suffix, Latin "iacio" meaning "to throw," and Ancient Greek "ὀβελός" meaning "spit/pointed object"), but these don't form a logical path to the modern compound word "multiobjective." To write an accurate one-sentence summary, I would need a chain showing how "objective" derives from its source, or clarification that this chain is incomplete. Could you verify the chain, or would you like me to work with a corrected etymology for "multiobjective"?
multiobjective (English): Involving multiple objectives
Definitions
- Involving multiple objectives
Ancestry of “multiobjective”, step by step
multiobjective traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English objective
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | objective | Of or relating to a material object, actual... |
| 2 | French | objectif | objective; objective; impartial; objective, goal,... |
| 3 | Latin | objectivus | objective |
| 4 | Latin | obicio | I throw or put to, towards, in front of or... |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |