Where does “objectivity” come from?
Objectivity derives from English objective, from French -ité, from Latin -itas, from Latin -ivus, from Latin iacio, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀβελός meaning spit or pointed object.
objectivity (English): The state of being objective, just, unbiased and...
Definitions
- The state of being objective, just, unbiased and...
Ancestry of “objectivity”, step by step
| 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 |