English Explanatory Dictionary

echo-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Synonym of sono-.
  2. repetition, imitation.

Word forms

echo-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)der. English echo- Derived from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “echo, protracted sound”).

Synonyms

sono-
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