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Where does “objectlessness” come from?

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

objectlessness (English): The state or condition of being objectless

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being objectless

Ancestry of “objectlessness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishobjectlessWithout a purpose; Without a grammatical object
2EnglishobjectA thing that has physical :existence; Objective;...
3Old Frenchobject—
4LatinobiectumA charge, accusation
5Latinobiectusoffered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed
6Latinobiciō—
7Latinob-towards; against
8Latinobolusobolus
9Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
10Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
11Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
12Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
13Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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