myEtymology.com: English etymology of bioenergy

Etymology of the English word bioenergy

the English word bioenergy

derived from the English word energy

derived from the Latin word energia (energy; efficiency)

derived from the Greek word energeia, ἐνέργεια (efficiency ('energy'))

derived from the Greek word energes, ἐνεργής (active, operative)

derived from the Late Greek word ergon, ἔργον (work)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werg-

derived from the French word energy

derived from the Greek word energeia, ἐνέργεια (efficiency ('energy'))

derived from the Greek word energes, ἐνεργής (active, operative)

derived from the Late Greek word ergon, ἔργον (work)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werg-

using the English prefix bio-

derived from the Late Greek word bios, βίος (life; life; the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷei- (to live)

derived from the Greek word phantasma, φάντασμα ((properly concrete) a (mere) show ('phantasm'); spectre)

derived from the Greek word phantazein, φαντάζω (to make apparent; to appear (neuter participle as noun, a spectacle))

derived from the Greek word phantos

derived from the Late Greek word phainein, φαίνω (to display; to show)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bha-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhā-

using the Greek suffix -scope

Word found in Modern English