Where does “objè” come from?
objè (Haitian Creole) comes from French objet, from Latin obiectum, from Latin obiectus, from Latin obiciō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
objè (Haitian Creole): object
Ancestry of “objè”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | objet | thing, object; in particuliar crafted or... |
| 2 | Latin | obiectum | A charge, accusation |
| 3 | Latin | obiectus | offered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed |
| 4 | Latin | obiciō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 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 |