15th century, simbal, "creed, formal summary of religious belief"
from Late Latin symbolum "creed, token, mark"
from Greek symbolon "token, watchword, sign by which one infers; ticket, a permit, license"
An assimilated form of syn- "together" + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam" (from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw")
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |