Where does “analyse” come from?

analyse (French) comes from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις, from Ancient Greek ἀναλύω, from Ancient Greek ἀνά, from Proto-Hellenic *aná — up, upon.

analyse (French): analysis; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. analysis; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “analyse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinanalysisanalysis
2Ancient Greekἀνάλυσιςa loosing, releasing; a dissolving, resolution of...
3Ancient Greekἀναλύωto unloose, release, set free; I unravel,...
4Ancient Greekἀνάon board; on, upon
5Proto-Hellenic*anáup, upon

Words derived from “analyse

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *aná