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Object

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a physical thing that can be seen or touched, or to express opposition to something
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Stage 1 of 2
obicere
Latin · ancient
"to throw against, to present"
to throw against, to present, from ob- (against) and iacere (to throw), with irregular past participle objectus
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Stage 2 of 2
object
English · 1300s
"a physical thing, or to express disagreement"
settled as the English word for a physical thing, or to express disagreement
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