Lexica → Word → analogy
Letter | A |
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Letter name | a |
Pronounciation | /eɪ/ |
Word: | analogy |
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Pronounciation: | |
Century: | 14th |
DA Name: | analogy |
Era: | C.E. |
Origin: | Original |
Type: | Official |
Source Language: | Latin |
Source Language Words: | 1550, from L. analogia, from Gk. analogia "proportion," from ana-"upon, according to" +logos "ratio," also "word, speech, reckoning." |
Source Text: | |
Definition: | The similarity of relations which exist between things compared. |