Where does “analog” come from?
Analog comes from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος, composed of ἀνά and λέγω meaning "to speak," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-.
analog (English): in which the value of a data item is represented...
Definitions
- in which the value of a data item is represented...
Ancestry of “analog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | analogue | analogous |
| 2 | Latin | analogus | analogous, proportionate |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀνάλογος | proportionate |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |