The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐργάτης“workman”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδεινός“terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”
- English todaydinergate
From din- + ergate, from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “workman”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδεινός all →
deinonychusdeinotheredino-
Ancient Greekἐργάτης all →
ergateergato-ergatotypegamergate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.