Where does “symbol” come from?

symbol (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin symbolum, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον, from Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω, from Ancient Greek βάλλω, from Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō.

symbol (Norwegian Nynorsk): a symbol

Definitions

  1. a symbol

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 →