Where does “echo” come from?

echo (Polish) comes from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ, from Ancient Greek ἠχή, from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́.

echo (Polish): echo

Definitions

  1. echo

Ancestry of “echo”, step by step

echo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin echo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinechoecho
2Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
3Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
4Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́—

via Old Polish echo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishecho—

Words derived from “echo”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ →Every word from Ancient Greek ἠχή →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ →
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