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Where does “telergic” come from?

telergic (English) comes from English telergy, from English -ergy, from Ancient Greek -εργία, from Ancient Greek ἔργον, from Proto-Hellenic wérgon, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

telergic (English): Relating to telergy

Definitions

  1. Relating to telergy

Ancestry of “telergic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtelergyautomatism
2English-ergywork
3Ancient Greek-εργία—
4Ancient Greekἔργονdeed, doing, action; labour, work, task;...
5Proto-Hellenicwérgonwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
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