The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔργον“work”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδίς“twice”
- English todaydiergism
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) + -ism.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδίς all →
dicynodontdimicticdistrixditokous
Ancient Greekἔργον all →
ergonomicsergergonergalergo-exergonic-urgy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.