Etymograph

English

allergic

From allergy + -ic.

A compound of allergy + -ic

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom ‘work’

Proto-Hellenic *wérgon ‘work’

Ancient Greek ἔργον ‘work or deed of war’

German Allergie

English allergy

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to allergy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / allergic