Etymology

objectum

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Today it means: Attracted to inanimate objects, especially sexually or romantically, but can be other types such as platonic or familial. Full definition →

Latin obiectum ← Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként ← Proto-Italic *op
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  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. Latinobiectum
  13. English todayobjectum

Learned borrowing from Latin obiectum. Coined by Eija-Ritta Eklof Berliner-Mauer in the early 1970s as part of the terms objectum-sexual and objectum-sexuality. Doublet of object and objet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.