echo English · revision 13285

− It is Middle English ecko, eccho, [[bor|fro|echo]] and Latin ēchō,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from Greek [[m|grc|ἠχώ|tr=ēkhṓ|t=echo]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from or related to [[m|grc|ἠχή|tr=ēkhḗ|t=sound]] and ēkheîn, to resound,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from PIE *(s)wāgh-, to resound, source also of Latin vāgīre, to cry, and Old English swōgan, to resound.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) In Greek mythology Echo was a mountain nymph who pined for love of Narcissus until only her voice remained.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)