Where does “symbolisme” come from?

symbolisme (Dutch) comes from French symbole, from Latin symbolum, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον, from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω, from Ancient Greek βάλλω, from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō.

symbolisme (Dutch): symbolism

Definitions

  1. symbolism

Ancestry of “symbolisme”, step by step

symbolisme traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French symbole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsymbolesymbol
2Latinsymbolumsymbol, token; creed
3Ancient Greekσύμβολονa sign or token by which one infers a thing; a...
4Ancient GreekσῠμβάλλωI throw together, dash together, compare,...
5Ancient GreekβάλλωI throw, cast, hurl; I let fall; I strike, touch
6Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō

via Norwegian Bokmål symbol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsymbola symbol

via Norwegian Nynorsk symbol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksymbola symbol

Words derived from “symbolisme

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnōEvery word from Ancient Greek βάλλωEvery word from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω