The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromεἰκών“likeness, image, portrait”
- Latin · borrowed fromīcōn
- English todayicon
From Latin īcōn, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekεἰκών all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.