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Echo

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a sound heard again after being reflected off a surface
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Stage 1 of 2
ekho
Greek · ancient
"a repeating sound, the nymph Echo"
a nymph in myth cursed to only repeat the words of others
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Stage 2 of 2
echo
English · 1300s
"a sound reflected back to the listener"
settled as the word for a reflected sound
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