English
homolog
Homolog comes from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος ‘agreeing, of one mind’, from ὁμός ‘same, common, joint’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-‘together, one’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*somHós‘same, alike’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*homósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμός‘same, common, joint’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμόλογοςhomólogos‘agreeing, of one mind’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthomologue
- Englishearliest quotation 2008homolog
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sem-‘together, one’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*somHós‘same, alike’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*homósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμός‘same, common, joint’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὁμόλογοςhomólogos‘agreeing, of one mind’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthomologue
- Englishearliest quotation 2008homolog
Earliest quotation: 2008, Chan-seok Jeong, Minho Lee: “Detecting remote homolog by protein similarity network.”
Formed from homo- + -log
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’
Proto-Hellenic *homós
Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’
English homo-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’
some, single, similar, seem, simple, simply, soft, sam, simulation, sincerely, singular, resemble, assemble, resemblance, simultaneous, simulate, sincerity, anomaly, semblance, assimilate, synapse, insincere, hyphen, anomalous, simile, simulacrum, sempre, synchronise, 47 more
through Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’
through Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same, common, joint’
Today it means
noun A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sem- / homolog