Etymology

anergy

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Today it means: Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work; bound energy Full definition →

New Latin anergia ← Ancient Greek ἀν-
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀν-“not, without”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromanergia
  3. English todayanergy

From New Latin anergia, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not, without”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀν- all →

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