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Where does “selfenergy” come from?

selfenergy (English) comes from English energy, from Middle French énergie, from Late Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργής, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

selfenergy (English): The contribution to a particle's mass or...

Definitions

  1. The contribution to a particle's mass or...

Ancestry of “selfenergy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenergyThe impetus behind all motion and all activity;...
2Middle Frenchénergie—
3Late Latinenergiaenergy; efficiency
4Ancient Greekἐνέργειαactivity, operation, vigour; workmanship;...
5Ancient Greekἐνεργήςactive, effective
6Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
7Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
8Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
9Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
10Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
11Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
12Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
13Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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