Where does “analyzer” come from?
Analyzer comes from English analyze, derived from French analyser and analyse, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις meaning a breaking up or loosening, formed from ἀνά meaning up and a root meaning to loosen.
analyzer (English): an instrument for the analysis of something; a...
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- an instrument for the analysis of something; a...
Ancestry of “analyzer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | analyze | To subject to analysis; To resolve into its... |
| 2 | French | analyser | to analyse; to parse, to construe |
| 3 | French | analyse | analysis; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | analysis | analysis |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀνάλυσις | a loosing, releasing; a dissolving, resolution of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀναλύω | to unloose, release, set free; I unravel,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | up, upon |