Where does “icon” come from?

Icon comes from Latin icon, from Ancient Greek εἰκών, from Proto-Indo-European weyk-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wey-.

icon (English): An image, symbol, picture, or other...

Definitions

  1. An image, symbol, picture, or other...

Ancestry of “icon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīconimage, artistic representation of a thing
2Ancient Greekεἰκώνfigure, image, likeness, portrait; image in a...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyk-to separate, to choose; to contain, to envelop;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

Words derived from “icon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyk- →Every word from Ancient Greek εἰκών →