Etymology

homological

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Today it means: Having a shared evolutionary origin. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὁμός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁμός“same”
  2. English todayhomological

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, homo- + logical.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὁμός all →

homotopyhomilitehomo-homoecioushomomorphoushomonomoushomoplasyhomopolar

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