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Where does “ἔμβλημα” come from?

ἔμβλημα (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

ἔμβλημα (Ancient Greek): An insertion; A chased or imbossed ornament; A...

Definitions

  1. An insertion; A chased or imbossed ornament; A...

Ancestry of “ἔμβλημα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
2Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “ἔμβλημα”

  • emblem
  • emblemed
  • emblemize
  • emblemless
  • emblema
  • emblema
  • emblema
  • emblème
  • emblema
  • emblemàtic
  • emblem
  • emblem
  • embleme
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