Where does “embleem” come from?

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

embleem (Dutch): emblem representative symbol

Definitions

  1. emblem representative symbol

Ancestry of “embleem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinemblēmamosaic
2Ancient GreekἔμβλημαAn insertion; A chased or imbossed ornament; A...
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “embleem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα →