ἐνέργεια
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- activity, operation, vigour
- workmanship
- supernatural action, cosmic force
- (grammar) the active voice
- the active principle in Aristotelian ontology (Latin actus)
- actuality (Aristotelian philosophy)
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἐνεργής (active, effective) root from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (work, make, act, produce, makeVerb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werǵ-
Gloss
work, make, act, produce, makeVerb
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- irksomely English
- irksomeness English
- irky English
- energia Finnish
- energia Latin
- energīa Latin
- organicus Latin
- urgentem Latin
- Aktivierungsenergie German
- Atomenergie German
- Bindungsdissoziationsenergie German
- Bindungsenergie German
- Elektroenergie German
- Energie German
- Energieaufwand German
- Energieerzeugung German
- Energiefreisetzung German
- Energieministerium German
- Energieniveau German
- Energiestoffwechsel German
- Energietransfer German
- Energieverbrauch German
- Energieversorgung German
- Energiewende German
- Energiezufuhr German
- Fusionsenergie German
- Gewerk German
- Gewirk German
- Gitterenergie German
- Ionisierungsenergie German
- Kernenergie German
- Lageenergie German
- Nullenergiehaus German
- Nullpunktenergie German
- Orgonenergie German
- Plusenergiehaus German
- Primärenergie German
- Ruheenergie German
- Solarenergie German
- Sonnenenergie German
- Wechselwirkungsenergie German
- Wirklichkeit German
- Zerfallsenergie German
- energiearm German
- energieaufwändig German
- energieintensiv German
- energieliefernd German
- energiepolitisch German
- energierelevant German
- energiesparend German
- werkeln German
- wirklich German
- wirksam German
- energia Hungarian
- energia Italian
- organizzarsi Italian
- bioénergie French
- orgasme French
- énergie French
- énergiser French
- энергия Russian
- γεωργία Ancient Greek
- γεωργός Ancient Greek
- κακοῦργος Ancient Greek
- συνήθης Ancient Greek
- ἐνεργέω Ancient Greek
- ἐνεργής Ancient Greek
- ἐργάζομαι Ancient Greek
- ἐργάτης Ancient Greek
- ἐργώδης Ancient Greek
- ἐόργη Ancient Greek
- ἔργον Ancient Greek
- ὀργάω Ancient Greek
- ὀργασμός Ancient Greek
- ὄργανον Ancient Greek
- ὄργια Ancient Greek
- *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *worǵéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wréǵ-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥ǵyéti, *wérǵ-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *wérǵom Proto-Indo-European
- energi Norwegian Bokmål
- energigivende Norwegian Bokmål
- energikilde Norwegian Bokmål
- kjerneenergi Norwegian Bokmål
- solenergi Norwegian Bokmål
- tidevannsenergi Norwegian Bokmål
- energia Portuguese
- *dagawerką Proto-Germanic
- *handuwerką Proto-Germanic
- *warkiz Proto-Germanic
- *werkōną Proto-Germanic
- *wirkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurkijaną Proto-Germanic
- エネルギー Japanese
- energia Polish
- energi Norwegian Nynorsk
- kjerneenergi Norwegian Nynorsk
- solenergi Norwegian Nynorsk
- weorcsum Old English
- energia Catalan, Valencian
- energie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- انرژی Persian
- enerji Turkish
- fercaigidir Old Irish
- argëtoj Albanian
- energji Albanian
- énergie Middle French
- enerji Azerbaijani
- *wurhtijō gmw-pro
- *wregeti Proto-Celtic
- *warȷ́- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- energia Occitan
- vergas Lithuanian
- *pati- Proto-Iranian
- *warj- Proto-Iranian
- enèji Haitian, Haitian Creole
- *wärk- Proto-Tocharian