homolog

Meaning

Noun

• Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or chromosome.
• A word shared by two languages or dialects.
• One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
• A member of a homologous series.

Origin

• Borrowed from French homologue, From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος ("agreeing, of one mind"), equivalent to homo + -log