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echo

Ēkhṓ meant a returning sound and was also a nymph, cursed to repeat only the last words of others. Latin carried both the sound and the story into every European language, and English carried the sound-engineer's echo to Japan.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Ancient Greek to Modern Greek

From Latin to Middle French, French, Turkish

From Latin to Italian

From Latin to Spanish

From Latin to Portuguese

From Latin to German

From Latin to Polish, Russian

From English to Japanese

450 BCEAncient Greek

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