Emblem Definition
Something which represents a larger whole.
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Origin of Emblem
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Middle English pictorial fable from Latin emblēma raised ornament from Greek embossed design from emballein to insert, set in en- in en–2 ballein to throw gwelə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (emblema, “an insertion”), from ἔμβάλλειν (emballein, “to put in, to lay on”).
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