ergon

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English word ergon comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂i-h₂uer, and later Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (Work.)

*h₂i-h₂uer (Proto-Indo-European)

*wreǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)

to work, act

*wérǵom (Proto-Indo-European)

Work.

*wérgon (Proto-Hellenic)

ἔργον (Ancient Greek)

ergon (English)

(Classical philosophy) A task or function of a creature.. (physics) Work, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is equivalent.

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