Etymology

diergism

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Today it means: The existence, in a single species, of two distinct ways of a structure or organ functioning. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δίς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἔργον“work”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromδίς“twice”
  3. 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

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