myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of energia

Etymology of the Italian word energia

the Italian word energia

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-

Dutch energie, Dutch enfant terrible, English energy, English enfant terrible, French énergie, French enfant terrible, German Energie, Lithuanian energija, Norwegian energi, Polish energia, Russian энepгия, Spanish energía, Swedish energi