Etymology

homologue

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French homologue ← Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁμόλογος
  2. French · borrowed fromhomologue
  3. English todayhomologue

Borrowed from French homologue. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos). By surface analysis, homo- + -logue.

Words from the same roots

Frenchhomologue all →

homolog

Ancient Greekὁμόλογος all →

homologhomologous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.