English
icono-
Icono- comes from Ancient Greek εἰκών ‘figure, image, likeness, portrait’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἰκώνeikṓn‘figure, image, likeness, portrait’
- Englishtodayicono-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἰκώνeikṓn‘figure, image, likeness, portrait’
- Englishtodayicono-
Formed from icon + -o-
Ancient Greek εἰκών ‘likeness, image, portrait’
Latin īcōn ‘image, artistic representation of a thing’
English icon
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to resemble’
victory, province, victim, weakness, witch, victor, convince, wicked, wo, conviction, invincible, wight, weakly, vicar, eviction, convict, evict, vanquish, wile, waw, 33 more
through Ancient Greek εἰκών ‘figure, image, likeness, portrait’
Today it means
prefix Forms terms relating to images or to icons
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek εἰκών / icono-