'asymbolical' originates from the prefix 'a-' (from Greek, meaning 'not' or 'without') added to 'symbol' (from Greek 'symbolon', meaning 'token' or 'sign'), with the adjectival suffix '-ical' (from Latin/French) meaning 'of or pertaining to'.

'symbol' comes from Greek 'symbolon' → Late Latin 'symbolum' → Old French/Latin forms → Middle English 'symbol', then the adjective 'symbolical' developed; the negative formation 'asymbolical' is built by adding the privative prefix 'a-' to 'symbolical'.

Initially derived components referred to 'a sign' or 'token', and the combined form originally meant 'not pertaining to or not expressed by symbols'; this core meaning has remained consistent though the word itself is rare in modern usage.