The word logo was first used in the mid-1930s. We will examine the definition of the word logo, where it came from and some examples of its use in sentences.





A logo is an emblem or graphic that represents a company or organization. Logos are used in advertising and branding uniforms, products, labels or other items in order to be quickly recognizable as belonging to a particular company or organization. Sometimes a logo involves the name or initials of a company, such as the FedEx logo. Other times a logo is some sort of abstract symbol or a graphic, such as the NBC peacock. The word logo is an abbreviation of the word logotype or logogram, from the Greek logo- meaning word, and typos meaning mark or image, or gram meaning a letter of the alphabet. The word logo was first used in advertising in the 1930s. The plural form is logos.




