Where does “objective” come from?
Objective comes from French objectif, from Latin objectivus, derived from Latin iacio meaning "to throw," ultimately from Ancient Greek βέλος meaning "projectile."
objective (English): Of or relating to a material object, actual...
Definitions
- Of or relating to a material object, actual...
Ancestry of “objective”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | objectif | objective; objective; impartial; objective, goal,... |
| 2 | Latin | objectivus | objective |
| 3 | Latin | obicio | I throw or put to, towards, in front of or... |
| 4 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 5 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
Words derived from “objective”
- objectivity
- objectively
- objectivist
- multiobjective
- objectivism
- nonobjective
- objectivation
- objectiveness
- objectivistic
- objectivization
- biobjective
- unobjective
- objectivize
- nonobjectivity
- nonobjectivist
- objectivate
- objectivistically
- unobjectively
- nonobjectivism
- triobjective
- interobjective
- subobjective
- teleobjective
- neo-Objectivist