Where does “emblem” come from?
emblem (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French emblème, 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.
emblem (Norwegian Bokmål): an emblem
Ancestry of “emblem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | emblème | emblem |
| 2 | Old French | embleme | — |
| 3 | Latin | emblēma | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἔμβλημα | An insertion; A chased or imbossed ornament; A... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |