Etymology

echolalia

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Today it means: The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἠχώ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἠχώ“reflected sound, echo”
  2. English todayecholalia

From echo- + -lalia; echo- ultimately from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”), -lalia from λαλιά (laliá, “talk, chat”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἠχώ all →

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