The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óp(i)
- Proto-Italic*op
- Latinob
- Latinob-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
- Latiniaciō
- Latinobiciō
- Latinobiectus
- Medieval Latinobiectum
- Old Frenchobject
- English todayobject
From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“to throw against”), from ob- (“against”) + iaciō (“to throw”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). Doublet of objectum and objet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.