Etymology

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Today it means: To form an image or likeness of someone. Full definition →

English icon ← Latin īcōn ← Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekεἰκών (eikṓn)
  2. Latinīcōn
  3. Englishicon
  4. English todayiconize

From icon + -ize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.