homological
adjective
homological is an adjective meaning “Having a shared evolutionary origin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-O-M-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does homological mean?
adjective
- 1
Having a shared evolutionary origin.
- 2
Having to do with homology; using the methods of homological algebra.
- 3
Of an adjective, describing itself.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is homological?
Homological appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Homological in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | homolog |
| French | autologique |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does homological come from?
From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, homo- + logical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).