Where does “echo” come from?

echo (Dutch) comes from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ, from Ancient Greek ἠχή, from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́.

echo (Dutch): echo

Definitions

  1. echo

Ancestry of “echo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinechoecho
2Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
3Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
4Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́—

Words derived from “echo”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἠχή →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ →