Where does “embleme” come from?

embleme (Old French) comes from Latin emblēma, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Ancestry of “embleme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinemblēmamosaic
2Ancient GreekἔμβλημαAn insertion; A chased or imbossed ornament; A...
3Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
4Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “embleme

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα
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