echo back to

echo back to something

[for something] to recall something similar in the past. This idea echoes back to the end of the last century, when people thought this way.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leonard	LEN-ərd (English), LAY-o-nahrt (Dutch)	English, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Muadhnait	MOO-nat	Irish
Rembrandt	REM-brahnt	Dutch
Aveline	AV-ə-lien, av-ə-LEEN	English (Rare)
Timothea	-	Ancient Greek, Greek
CiarÁN	KEER-awn, KEE-ar-awn	Irish