Etymology

objectify

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Today it means: To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English object
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óp(i)
  4. Proto-Italic*op
  5. Latinob
  6. Latinob-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
  9. Latiniaciō
  10. Latinobiciō
  11. Latinobiectus
  12. Medieval Latinobiectum
  13. Old Frenchobject
  14. Englishobject
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  16. Proto-Italic*θakos
  17. English todayobjectify

From object + -ify.

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