DictionaryRoot: logos
Greek
logos
word, speech; account, reason
Forms
- log-
- logo- — Combining form with a linking vowel before another element.
Origin
Greek legein, ‘gather; say,’ from reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *leg-, ‘gather; collect.’
Note
An account in words can become an explanation, argument, or organized field of study.
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noun
analogy
uh-NAL-uh-jee/əˈnælədʒi/
A comparison between different things that helps explain an idea or support reasoning.
Etymology
The pieces originally describe agreement in proportion, as in mathematics. That idea broadened into a comparison that draws attention to similarities between things.