analogy
uh-NAL-uh-jee · noun
Ancient GreekLatinEnglish
Origin
From Latin analogia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναλογίᾱ (analogíā), itself formed from ἀνα- (ana-, "according to") plus λόγος (lógos, "speech, reckoning").
Journey
The facts available don't trace a change in meaning beyond its Greek and Latin form — it entered English through this same Greek-Latin path.
Related words
It shares its λόγος (lógos) root with other English words built on "speech" or "reckoning," though no specific cognate is given in the source facts.
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From Ancient Greek
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