Myth & LegendGreek → English
Echo
/ˈɛkoʊ/
A sound reflected back to the listener.
The Greek roots
Ἠχώ
Ēchṓ
the nymph Echo
Literally: “a returning sound”
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The story of the word
The nymph Echo could only repeat the last words spoken to her. Her name became the word for any sound that comes bouncing back.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
Her call returned as a faint echo from the valley.