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Where does “objectress” come from?

objectress (English) comes from English objector, 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.

objectress (English): An female objector

Definitions

  1. An female objector

Ancestry of “objectress”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishobjectorA person who objects to something
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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