Where does “analogie” come from?
analogie (Dutch) comes from French analogie, from Middle French analogie, from Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλογία, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
analogie (Dutch): analogy
Definitions
- analogy
Ancestry of “analogie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | analogie | analogy |
| 2 | Middle French | analogie | analogy |
| 3 | Latin | analogia | analogy, similarity; ratio, proportion |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀναλογία | mathematical proportion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀνάλογος | proportionate |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |