English

ergotropic

From ergo- + -tropic.

Formed from ergo + tropic

Latin ergō

Middle English ergo ‘thus, consequently, ergo’

English ergo

Proto-Indo-European *trep- ‘to turn’

Ancient Greek τρέπω ‘turn’

Ancient Greek τροπή ‘turn; solstice’

Ancient Greek τροπικός ‘of a turn; of the solstice’

Late Latin tropicus ‘of or pertaining to the solstice’

Today it means

adj Relating to ergotropy

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

Etymograph / ergotropic