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Echo (mythology)

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
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Amazon Echo

First in use: c. 2014

Echo / Echo (mythology) / Amazon Echo

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The nymph cursed to repeat vs. Alexa's speaker.

Which meaning of Echo is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Echo (mythology) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Amazon Echo arrived in 2014. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Original · ancient / pre-modern

Echo (mythology)

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Duplicate · c. 2014

Amazon Echo

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