"energy" in seven languages
Meaningenergy
Spanish
energía
/eneɾˈxia/
fem.learned
French
énergie
/enɛʁʒi/
fem.learned
Italian
energia
/enerˈdʒia/
fem.learned
Portuguese
energia
/enehˈʒiɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
energie
/enerˈdʒie/
fem.learned
Catalan
energia
/ənəɾˈʒiə/
fem.learned
English
energy
/ˈɛnɚdʒi/
from Latin/French · French énergie / Late Latin ENERGĪA
English → ItalianenergyenergiaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ENERGĪAM‘activity, vigour (from Greek enérgeia)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Greek en-érgeia is 'being at work' (érgon 'work'). Spanish and Italian stress the -ía; English pulled the stress to the front.
English relatives: energetic, synergy, ergonomic
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In a sentence
- esHoy no tengo energía.
- frJe n'ai pas d'énergie aujourd'hui.
- itOggi non ho energia.
- ptHoje estou sem energia.
- roAzi n-am energie.
- caAvui no tinc energia.
- enI have no energy today.
More in Ideas
- force, strengthfuerzaforceforzaforçaforțăforça
- the rest (what is left)restoresterestorestorestresta
- spaceespacioespacespazioespaçospațiuespai
- period (of time)periodopériodeperiodoperíodoperioadăperíode
- positionposiciónpositionposizioneposiçãopozițieposició
- record (best result)récordrecordrecordrecorderecordrècord