Etymology

echoey

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Today it means: That echoes; having an echoing quality. Full definition →

English echo ← Middle English eccho ← Medieval Latin ēccō
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  1. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  2. Latinēchō
  3. Medieval Latinēccō
  4. Middle Englisheccho
  5. Englishecho
  6. English todayechoey

From echo + -ey.

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