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Energy

/ˈɛnədʒi/

The capacity to do work or cause change.

The Greek roots

ἐν
en
in
+
ἔργον
érgon
work

Literally: activity, being at work

The story of the word

Aristotle used enérgeia for being-in-action. It travelled through Latin into modern physics as the measurable ability to do work.

The same roots elsewhere

Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.

In a sentence

Solar panels turn light into usable energy.

Built on the same root

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