Games
Daily Crossword
Word Puzzle
Word Finder
Word of the Day
Word of the Year
New words
Language stories
All featured
Culture
Slang
Emoji
Memes
Acronyms
Gender and sexuality
All culture
Writing tips
Commonly confused
Culture
Advertisement
Skip to
Skip to
ergate
noun
(1)
Advertisement
ergate
[
ur
-geyt ]
Phonetic (Standard)
IPA
noun
a worker ant.
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of
ergate
1
First recorded in 1905–10; from
Greek
áŧ
“worker, doer, producer,” equivalent to
éDz
“work” (
work
) +
-ŧ
agent suffix
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
erg
ergative
Browse
#
aa
bb
cc
dd
ee
ff
gg
hh
ii
jj
kk
ll
mm
nn
oo
pp
qq
rr
ss
tt
uu
vv
ww
xx
yy
zz