Where does “Symbol” come from?

Symbol (German) comes from Latin symbolum, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον, from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω, from Ancient Greek βάλλω, from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō.

Symbol (German): symbol, icon

Definitions

  1. symbol, icon

Ancestry of “Symbol”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Symbol”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō →Every word from Ancient Greek βάλλω →Every word from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω →