Where does “objection” come from?
Objection comes from Middle French objection, from Old French objeccion, from Latin obiectio, derived from obicio meaning to throw against, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀβελός.
objection (English): The act of objecting; A statement expressing...
Definitions
- The act of objecting; A statement expressing...
Ancestry of “objection”, step by step
objection traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French objection
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | objection | objection |
| 2 | Italian | obiezione | objection |
| 3 | Italian | objeción | — |
| 4 | Latin | obiectio | objection, opposition; reproach |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |