English
ancona
Ancona comes from Italian ancona ‘retablo’, and goes back to Ancient Greek εἰκών ‘likeness, image, portrait’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἰκών‘likeness, image, portrait’
- Italianc. 1300–presentancona‘retablo’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἰκών‘likeness, image, portrait’
- Italianc. 1300–presentancona‘retablo’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to resemble’
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through Ancient Greek εἰκών ‘likeness, image, portrait’
Today it means
noun An altarpiece, especially one of multiple connected pictures
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek εἰκών / ancona