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analogy

uh-NAL-uh-jee · noun

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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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