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icono-

a combining form meaning “image,” “likeness,” used in the formation of compound words: iconology.
Also, especially before a vowel, icon-.


Origin:
< L < Gk eikono-, comb. form of eikn icon
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icon-  
pref.  Variant of icono-.
icono- or icon-  
pref.  Image; icon: iconolatry.

[Medieval Greek eikono-, from eikōn, image, icon, from Greek, likeness, image; see icon.]
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