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Where does “icône” come from?

icône (French) comes from Russian ико́на, from Greek εικόνα, from Ancient Greek εἰκών, from Proto-Indo-European weyk-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

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Ancestry of “icône”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianико́наicon
2Greekεικόναpicture, image, painting, illustration, portrait;...
3Ancient Greekεἰκώνfigure, image, likeness, portrait; image in a...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyk-to separate, to choose; to contain, to envelop;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

Words derived from “icône”

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