English
symbolify
From symbol + -ify.
Formed from symbol + -ify
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- ‘to throw, reach, pierce’
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Ancient Greek σῠμβάλλω
Ancient Greek σύμβολον ‘a sign by which one infers something’
Latin symbolum ‘symbol, token’
French symbole
English symbol
Today it means
verb To represent by a symbol; symbolize.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / symbolify