Etymology

homolog

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Today it means: A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization. Full definition →

French homologue ← Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁμόλογος“agreeing, of one mind”
  2. French · borrowed fromhomologue
  3. English todayhomolog

Borrowed from French homologue, From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), equivalent to homo- + -log.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὁμόλογος all →

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