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Object comes from Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum ‘thing thrown against’, from Latin obiciō ‘to throw against’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-¹‘to throw’reconstructed
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō¹‘to throw’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiciō¹‘to throw against’
4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiectus¹‘thrown against; opposed’
5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500obiectum¹‘object’literally ‘thrown against’
6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400object¹
7. Englishearliest quotation 1571object¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English object
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1571, John Whitgift: “The book […] giveth liberty to object any crime…”.