'glucose-analogous' is a modern English compound formed from 'glucose' and 'analogous'; 'glucose' ultimately derives from Greek via New Latin meaning 'sweet', and 'analogous' comes from Greek 'analogos' meaning 'proportionate' or 'comparable'.

'glucose' was coined in the 19th century (from French/Modern Latin 'glucosa' from Greek 'glykos' meaning 'sweet'), and 'analogous' entered English from Latinized Greek 'analogus' (from Greek 'analogos'); the compound form 'glucose-analogous' is a later scientific formation combining the two terms.

Individually, 'glucose' originally referred to something sweet and later became the specific chemical name for the sugar glucose; 'analogous' originally meant 'proportionate' or 'corresponding' and now commonly means 'similar in certain respects'. Combined, the compound now means 'similar to glucose' in a scientific context.