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Where does “symbolisesti” come from?

symbolisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish symbolinen, from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον, from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω, from Ancient Greek βάλλω, from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō.

symbolisesti (Finnish): symbolically

Definitions

  1. symbolically

Ancestry of “symbolisesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsymbolinensymbolic
2Latinsymbolicus—
3Ancient Greekσυμβολικόςof or belonging to a symbol
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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