'analogue' originates from French, specifically the word 'analogue', which came from Latin 'analogus', and ultimately from Greek 'analogos', where 'ana-' meant 'according to' and 'logos' meant 'ratio' or 'proportion'.

'analogue' changed from the Greek word 'analogos' to Latin 'analogus', then to French 'analogue', and eventually became the modern English word 'analogue'.

Initially, it meant 'proportionate' or 'having a ratio', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'something similar or comparable to something else'.