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analýein

Analýein is a Greek verb meaning to loosen up, to disentangle, and by extension to analyze. In classical Greek, ἀναλύειν (analýein) described the act of breaking something into its constituent parts, whether a physical material or a line of reasoning. The related noun analysis denotes the process or result of such decomposition.

Etymology: The form comes from ana- meaning up or again and luō meaning to loosen, from a

Usage: Analýein appears in ancient texts to describe dissecting arguments, descriptions of natural phenomena, or practical

Modern Greek forms: In contemporary Greek, the verb is αναλύω (anályo) meaning to analyze, and the noun ανάλυση

common
Proto-Indo-European
root.
The
sense
of
breaking
into
parts
gave
rise
to
the
general
method
of
analysis.
The
English
words
analysis
and
analyze
are
borrowed
through
Latin
and
French
from
the
Greek
term.
tasks
that
require
separation
into
elements.
In
modern
usage,
analysis
refers
to
a
method
of
inquiry
that
proceeds
by
decomposition:
identifying
parts,
relationships,
and
functions
to
understand
the
whole.
In
philosophy,
analytic
approaches
emphasize
logical
clarification
and
component-wise
scrutiny;
in
mathematics,
analysis
refers
to
the
study
of
limits,
continuity,
and
related
structures;
in
linguistics
and
data
science,
analysis
involves
parsing,
measurement,
and
interpretation.
(análysi)
meaning
analysis.
The
term
analýein
and
its
derivatives
thus
persist
in
both
language
and
scholarly
discourse,
shaping
terms
such
as
analysis,
analytical,
and
analyst
in
many
languages.