"meaningless repetition of words and phrases," 1876, from German (von Romberg, 1865), from Greek ekho (see echo (n.)) + lalia "talk, prattle, a speaking," from lalein "to speak, prattle," of echoic origin.
echelon
echidna
echinoderm
echo
echoic
echolalia
echolocation
echopraxia
echovirus
eclair
eclampsia