PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. They are semantic extensions within the image-and-likeness family; the later uses do not create separate ancestors.
/ˈaɪkɒn/ · noun
An image, likeness, representative figure, or display symbol, borrowed through Late Latin from Greek eikōn.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Documents later semantic extensions under one lineage.
Headword semantic chronology: religious, cultural, and computing sensesKeeps image and likeness central across the later senses.
Definitions and Word HistorySense history stays on one canonical node while dated journey stages show the later expansions.