Etymograph

English

logject

Blend of log + object.

A blend of log + object

Middle English logge ‘large long stick’

English log

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’

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Latin obiciō ‘to throw against’

Latin obiectus ‘thrown against; opposed’

Medieval Latin obiectum ‘object’

Old French object

English object

Today it means

noun An object with embedded software capable of monitoring and recording, in some manner, its own activity and operation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / logject