emblem

Meanings

Noun

• A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
• Something that represents a larger whole.
• Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
• A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Verb

• To symbolize.

Origin

• From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema ("raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic"), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα ("an insertion"), from [[ἐμβάλλω. emblema.