Etymology of the English word analog
the English word
analogderived from the French word
analogderived from the Medieval Latin word
analogus (proportional; analogous)
derived from the Greek word
analogos, ἀνάλογος
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the Greek prefix
ana-, ἀνα-
derived from the Greek word
ana, ἀνά (according to; apart; properly, up; but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.))
Usage
Word found in Modern English
