Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion. · A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. · A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. · A small picture that represents something.
From Latin īcōn, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.
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