Where does “Echo” come from?

Echo (German) comes from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ, from Ancient Greek ἠχή, from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́.

Echo (German): reflected sound, echo

Definitions

  1. reflected sound, echo

Ancestry of “Echo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinechoecho
2Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
3Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
4Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́—

Words derived from “Echo”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἠχή →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ →