English
objectum
Objectum comes from Latin obiectum ‘an object’, from obiciō ‘to throw or put to, towards, in front of or…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiciō‘to throw or put to, towards, in front of or before’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiectus‘obstacle, object’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiectum‘an object’
- Englishtodayobjectum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiciō‘to throw or put to, towards, in front of or before’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiectus‘obstacle, object’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiectum‘an object’
- Englishtodayobjectum
The story
Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, catheter, trajectory, enema, jut, iambic, abject, jetsam, 40 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
projection, projectile, dejection, 26 more
through Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
disease, project, ease, adjacent, jet, injection, jess, gist, ejaculation, adjective, inject, jetty, conjecture, ejection, ejaculate, jettison, eject, joist, subjection, interject, 31 more
Today it means
adj Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / objectum