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Where does “nonobjectifiable” come from?

nonobjectifiable (English) comes from English objectifiable, from English objectify, from English object, from Old French object, from Latin obiectum, from Latin obiectus, from Latin obiciō, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

nonobjectifiable (English): That cannot be objectified

Definitions

  1. That cannot be objectified

Ancestry of “nonobjectifiable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishobjectifiableThat can be objectified
2EnglishobjectifyTo make something possible to be perceived by...
3EnglishobjectA thing that has physical :existence; Objective;...
4Old Frenchobject—
5LatinobiectumA charge, accusation
6Latinobiectusoffered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed
7Latinobiciō—
8Latinob-towards; against
9Latinobolusobolus
10Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
11Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
12Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
13Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
14Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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