Etymograph

English

retroanalysis

From retro- + analysis.

Formed from retro- + analysis

Latin retrō ‘back, backwards, behind’

English retro-

Ancient Greek λύω ‘to loosen’

Ancient Greek ἀναλύω ‘to unravel, investigate’

Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις ‘a loosing, releasing’

Medieval Latin analysis

English analysis

Today it means

noun retrospective analysis

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “retroanalysis”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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