Symbolic
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mid 17th century: from French symbolique or late Latin symbolicus, from Greek sumbolikos . The adjective symbolical dates from the early 17th century.
wiktionary
From French symbolique or directly from Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός(sumbolikós, “of or belonging to a symbol”)
etymonline
symbolic (adj.)
1650s, from symbol + -ic, or from Greek symbolikos. Related: Symbolical (c. 1600); symbolically.
