Added 9 October 2026
analyze
/ˈæn.ə.laɪz/ verb
Latin root: analysis Wiktionary
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- To subject to analysis.
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To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
analyze a problem
- To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
Origin
Probably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis + -ize, or from Middle French analyser, from the noun analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing”), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unloose, release, set free”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”) + λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”), from λύω (lúō, “to unfasten”).
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