emblem

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἔμβλημα“an insertion”
2. Latin · derived fromemblēma“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”
3. Old French · derived fromembleme
4. English todayemblem

From Old French embleme, from Latin emblēma (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema.

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