English
analogism
Analogism comes from Ancient Greek ἀναλογία ‘analogy’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀναλογίαanalogía‘analogy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1657analogism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀναλογίαanalogía‘analogy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1657analogism
Earliest quotation: 1657, Henry Pinnell, Oswald Croll: “all Judications and Analogisms may faile”.
A compound of ἀνά ‘[with genitive] (rare) on board’ + λόγος ‘speech, reckoning’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’
Proto-Hellenic *aná ‘up, upon’
Ancient Greek ἀνά ‘[with genitive] (rare) on board’
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’
Proto-Hellenic *lógos
Ancient Greek λόγος ‘speech, reckoning’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀναλογία
Today it means
noun An argument from cause to effect; an a priori argument.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀναλογία / analogism