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Where does “strephosymbolia” come from?

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

strephosymbolia (English): A tendency, associated with word blindness, to...

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  1. A tendency, associated with word blindness, to...

Ancestry of “strephosymbolia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsymbolA character or glyph representing an idea,...
2Frenchsymbolesymbol
3Latinsymbolumsymbol, token; creed
4Ancient Greekσύμβολονa sign or token by which one infers a thing; a...
5Ancient GreekσῠμβάλλωI throw together, dash together, compare,...
6Ancient GreekβάλλωI throw, cast, hurl; I let fall; I strike, touch
7Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō—
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