English word symmetry comes from Ancient Greek σύν, Ancient Greek μέτρον, and later Latin symmetria (Symmetry, proportion.)

Detailed word origin of symmetry

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
σύν	Ancient Greek (grc)
μέτρον	Ancient Greek (grc)
σύμμετρος	Ancient Greek (grc)
συμμετρία	Ancient Greek (grc)
symmetria	Latin (lat)	Symmetry, proportion.
symmetry	English (eng)	(uncountable) The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.. Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.

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