Where does “Echo” come from?

Echo (Translingual) comes from English Echo, from Middle English ecco, from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ, from Ancient Greek ἠχή, from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́.

Echo (Translingual): Signal flag for the letter E

Definitions

  1. Signal flag for the letter E

Ancestry of “Echo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEchoAn oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others
2Middle EnglisheccoAlternative form of eccho
3Medieval Latinecco
4Latinechoecho
5Ancient GreekἨχώsound; a nymph in Greek mythology
6Ancient Greekἠχήsound, noise
7Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́Every word from Ancient Greek ἠχήEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ