The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
- Proto-Hellenic*ál͏̌l͏̌os
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
- Proto-Hellenic*wérgon
- Ancient Greekἔργον (érgon)
- GermanAllergie
- English todayallergy
Borrowed from German Allergie. Coined by Austrian pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906 from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, activity”), on the model of Energie.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄλλος all →
allosaurusallochthonousallochlorophyllallocrineallodoxaphobiaallopatryallophylicalloscutumallostasisallotrope
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.