homologous

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos)der. Late Latin homologusder. English homologous From Late Latin homologus, from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, reckoning”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix). From 1655, in the mathematical sense. See also homolog, homologue.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: съответен (sǎotveten) — showing a degree of correspondence
• Finnish: samankaltainen — showing a degree of correspondence
• French: homologue — showing a degree of correspondence
• German: homolog — showing a degree of correspondence
• Greek: ομόλογος (omólogos) — showing a degree of correspondence
• Portuguese: homólogo — showing a degree of correspondence
• Romanian: omolog — showing a degree of correspondence
• Spanish: homólogo — showing a degree of correspondence
• Bulgarian: хомоложен (homoložen) — (biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form
• Finnish: homologinen — (biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form
• French: homologue — (biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form
• German: homolog — (biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form
• Greek: ομόλογος (omólogos) — (biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form
• Portuguese: homólogo — (biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form
• Spanish: homólogo — (biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form
• Bulgarian: хомоложен (homoložen) — (chemistry) belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds
• Finnish: homologinen — (chemistry) belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds
• French: homologue — (chemistry) belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds
• German: homolog — (chemistry) belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds
• Portuguese: homólogo — (chemistry) belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds
• Spanish: homólogo — (chemistry) belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds
• Czech: homologní — (genetics) having the same morphology as another chromosome
• Finnish: homologinen — (genetics) having the same morphology as another chromosome
• French: homologue — (genetics) having the same morphology as another chromosome
• German: homolog — (genetics) having the same morphology as another chromosome
• Greek: ομόλογος (omólogos) — (genetics) having the same morphology as another chromosome
• Portuguese: homólogo — (genetics) having the same morphology as another chromosome
• Spanish: homólogo — (genetics) having the same morphology as another chromosome