Where does “emblème” come from?

emblème (French) comes from Old French embleme, from Latin emblēma, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

emblème (French): emblem

Definitions

  1. emblem

Ancestry of “emblème”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchembleme—
2Latinemblēmamosaic
3Ancient GreekἔμβλημαAn insertion; A chased or imbossed ornament; A...
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “emblème”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα →