Where does “objectivism” come from?
Objectivism derives from English objective, which combines the Ancient Greek suffix -ισμός with a root ultimately from Latin iacio meaning "to throw," itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβελός meaning "spit" or "pointed object."
objectivism (English): The state of being objective; Moral objectivism;...
Definitions
- The state of being objective; Moral objectivism;...
Ancestry of “objectivism”, step by step
objectivism 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 ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |