English
objector
Objector comes from Latin obiectō ‘to throw before, set against, oppose’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-1‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō1‘to throw, hurl’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiciō2‘throw in front of’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiectō3as obiector‘to throw before, set against, oppose’
- Englishearliest quotation 1925objector3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin obicio
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin obiecto
- 3 Wiktionary, English objector
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1925, – 1926 May, (please specify the chapter number): “It would be amusing, sir, to shut these various…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-Wiktionary, Latin obicio‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntWiktionary, Latin obicioreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciōWiktionary, Latin obicio‘to throw, hurl’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiciōWiktionary, Latin obiecto‘throw in front of’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiectōWiktionary, English objectoras obiector‘to throw before, set against, oppose’
- Englishearliest quotation 1925objectorWiktionary, English objector. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1925, – 1926 May, (please specify the chapter number): “It would be amusing, sir, to shut these various…”
Formed from object + -or
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
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Latin obiciō ‘to throw against’
Latin obiectus ‘thrown against; opposed’
Medieval Latin obiectum ‘object’
Old French object
English object
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, catheter, trajectory, enema, jut, iambic, abject, jetsam, 39 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
projection, projectile, dejection, 25 more
through Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl’
disease, project, ease, adjacent, jet, injection, jess, gist, ejaculation, conjecture, adjective, inject, jetty, ejection, ejaculate, jettison, eject, joist, subjection, interject, 30 more
Today it means
noun A person who objects to something.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “objector”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin obicio, Latin obiecto. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / objector