Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Something that bears an analogy to something else. · An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin. · A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.
First attested in the early 19th century; from French analogue, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos, “proportionate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up to”) + λόγος (lógos, “ratio”). Equivalent to ana- (“functionally similar”) + -log.
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