Etymograph

English

exergasia

Exergasia comes from Ancient Greek ἐξεργασίᾱ ‘working out, completion’, from ἐργάζομαι ‘to work’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*werǵ-1‘to make’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wérǵom2‘work’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wérgon2‘work’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔργον3‘work’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐργάζομαι4ergázomai‘to work’
  6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐξεργάζομαι4exergázomai‘to work out, finish’
  7. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐξεργασίᾱ4exergasíā‘working out, completion’
  8. Englishtodayexergasia4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἔργον
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἐργάζομαι
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English exergasia

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*werǵ-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom‘to make’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wérǵomWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἔργον‘work’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wérgonWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἔργον‘work’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔργονWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἐργάζομαι‘work’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐργάζομαιWiktionary, English exergasiaergázomai‘to work’
  6. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐξεργάζομαιWiktionary, English exergasiaexergázomai‘to work out, finish’
  7. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐξεργασίᾱWiktionary, English exergasiaexergasíā‘working out, completion’
  8. EnglishtodayexergasiaWiktionary, English exergasia

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

working, wright, organic, organ, boulevard, wrought, orgasm, liturgy, metallurgy, bulwark, irk, irksome, wark, 20 more

through Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom ‘work’

work, werk, 13 more

through Ancient Greek ἔργον ‘work’

energy, energetic, allergy, argon, erg, 13 more

Today it means

noun Restatement, a form of parallelism where an idea is repeated and the only change is in the way it is stated.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “exergasia”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom, Ancient Greek ἔργον, Ancient Greek ἐργάζομαι. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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