'objectification' originates from the Latin word 'objectum,' where 'ob-' meant 'toward' and 'jacere' meant 'to throw.'

'objectum' transformed into the French word 'objectifier,' and eventually became the modern English word 'objectify' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to present as an object,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'degrading someone to the status of a mere object.'