1937, probably a shortening of logogram "sign or character representing a word."
before vowels log-, word-forming element meaning "speech, word," from Greek logos "word" (see logos).
logo- or log-
pref.
Word; speech: logoplegia.
language, education
A Lisp-like language for teaching programming, noted for its "turtle graphics" used to draw geometric shapes. LOGO was developed in 1966-1968 by a group at Bolt, Beranek & Newman (now "BBN Technologies") headed by Wally Fuerzeig
There are Logo interpreters for Macintosh, Unix, IBM PC, X Window System, and many PCs. Implmentations include Berkeley Logo, MswLogo.
(2000-03-28)