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.
Ancestry of “embleem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | emblēma | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἔμβλημα | An insertion; A chased or imbossed ornament; A... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |