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Where does “objetivamente” come from?

objetivamente (Spanish) comes from Portuguese objetivo, from Latin objectivus, from Latin obicio, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

objetivamente (Spanish): objectively

Definitions

  1. objectively

Ancestry of “objetivamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseobjetivoobjective; unbiased; aim; objective; goal
2Latinobjectivusobjective
3LatinobicioI throw or put to, towards, in front of or...
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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