English

ergoreflex

From ergo- + reflex.

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom ‘work’

Proto-Hellenic *wérgon ‘work’

Ancient Greek ἔργον ‘work or deed of war’

English ergo-

Latin flectō ‘to bend, curve or bow’

Late Latin reflectō ‘to bend back’

Late Latin reflexus ‘turned back or away, reflected’

Today it means

noun The response, characterised by increase in ventilation, to increased exercise.

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

Etymograph / ergoreflex