ICON

also ikon noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek eikōn, from eikenai to resemble Date: 1572 a usually pictorial representation ; image , a conventional religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and used in the devotions of Eastern Christians, an object of uncritical devotion ; idol , emblem , symbol , 5. a sign (as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning, a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that usually suggests the type of object represented or the purpose of an available function, ~ic adjective ~ically adverb