symbolum

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • symbol, token
  • (Ecclesiastical Latin) creed

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (tally, check, badge, watchword, outward sign, ticket, a sign by which one infers something, a mark, token, a signal) root from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like).

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Proto-Indo-European

*sem-

Gloss

one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like

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