diergism
English
noun
Definitions
- (biology) The existence, in a single species, of two distinct ways of a structure or organ functioning.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek δίς (twice, doubly, dis), ἔργον (work, deed, activity).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἔργον
Gloss
work, deed, activity
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
✂️ 🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -urgy English
- di- English
- dicynodont English
- erg English
- ergon English
- dioicus Latin
- di- German
- di- Italian
- di- Dutch, Flemish
- эргоно́мика Russian
- di- Spanish, Castilian
- ergometría Spanish, Castilian
- diprotodon Ancient Greek
- γεωργός Ancient Greek
- δίκροτος Ancient Greek
- δίλημμα Ancient Greek
- δίμιτος Ancient Greek
- δίς Ancient Greek
- εὐεργέτης Ancient Greek
- κέντρον Ancient Greek
- κακοῦργος Ancient Greek
- πανοῦργος Ancient Greek
- χειρουργέω Ancient Greek
- ἀγαθοεργέω Ancient Greek
- ἐνεργός Ancient Greek
- ἐργάζομαι Ancient Greek
- ἐργάτης Ancient Greek
- ἐργαλεῖον Ancient Greek
- ἐργώδης Ancient Greek
- ἑκάεργος Ancient Greek
- ἔργον Ancient Greek
- *dwís Proto-Indo-European
- *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wérǵom Proto-Indo-European
- di- Portuguese
- ergonomji Polish
- eirgeanamaíocht Irish
- di- Catalan, Valencian
- erg Catalan, Valencian
- έργο Greek (modern)
- αγαθοεργός Greek (modern)
- δις Greek (modern)
- алергия Bulgarian
- *wérgon Proto-Hellenic