Etymology

energizer

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Today it means: A person who, or a thing which, energizes. Full definition →

English energize ← 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. Englishenergize
  15. English todayenergizer

From energize + -er.

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