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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=clipping|attested=1937|origins=grc λόγος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈləʊ.ɡəʊ/ ''(UK)''; /ˈloʊ.ɡoʊ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably a shortening of [[logogram]], a sign standing for a word, or of [[logotype]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002) both formed from [[grc|λόγος|tr=lógos|t=word]] (see [[logic]]).^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A trademark or other emblem of a company: 1937.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Logogram, a sign for a word, is from 1840, in Pitman's ''Manual of Phonography'', and logotype, a piece of type bearing a word or several letters, from before 1816.^(Barnhart 1988) The AHD notes that a logo was originally borne on a single printing plate or piece of type.^(AHD) [[Logo]], with a capital, is also a programming language for teaching children, from 1976.^(OED 1989)^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1816 – logotype.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1840 – logogram.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1937 – logo.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1976 – the Logo programming language.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A name, symbol or [[trademark]] designed to identify a company or product.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[logotype]]

+ * [[logogram]]

+ * [[logic]]

+ * [[logos]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}