Where does “συμβόλαιο” come from?

συμβόλαιο (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek συμβόλαιον, from Ancient Greek συμβόλαιος, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον, from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω, from Ancient Greek βάλλω, from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō.

συμβόλαιο (Greek): contract, policy

Definitions

  1. contract, policy

Ancestry of “συμβόλαιο”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσυμβόλαιονa mark, sign, token
2Ancient Greekσυμβόλαιοςof or concerning contracts, contractual
3Ancient Greekσύμβολονa sign or token by which one infers a thing; a...
4Ancient GreekσῠμβάλλωI throw together, dash together, compare,...
5Ancient GreekβάλλωI throw, cast, hurl; I let fall; I strike, touch
6Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnōEvery word from Ancient Greek βάλλωEvery word from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω