Etymology

energize

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Today it means: To invigorate; to make energetic. Full definition →

English energy ← Middle French énergie ← Late Latin energīa
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Ancient Greekἐν (en)
  3. Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  6. Proto-Hellenic*wérgon
  7. Ancient Greekἔργον (érgon)
  8. Ancient Greekἐνεργός (energós)
  9. Ancient Greekἐνεργής (energḗs)
  10. Ancient Greekἐνέργεια (enérgeia)
  11. Late Latinenergīa
  12. Middle Frenchénergie
  13. Englishenergy
  14. English todayenergize

From energy + -ize.

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