GC: n S: Penelope – https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Emphyteusis.html (last access: 25 November 2024); TofM – https://timesofmalta.com/article/understanding-emphyteusis-and-its-legal-ramifications.786695 (last access: 25 November 2024). N: 1. Late Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek emphyteuein to implant (from em- en- entry 2 + phyteuein to plant, from phyton plant) + -sis. The first known use of emphyteusis

GC: n S: Worldbank – https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/humanrights (last access: 6 October 2024); UN – https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ngo/outreachmaterials/empowerment-booklet.pdf (last access: 6 October 2024). N: 1. 1849, from empower (empower, v: 1650s, also impower, from assimilated form of en- (1) + power (n.). Used by Milton, Beaumont, Pope, Jefferson, Macaulay, but the modern popularity dates

GC: n S: BHC – https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/empty-nest-syndrome (last access: 7 December 2024); CC – https://health.clevelandclinic.org/empty-nest-syndrome (last access: 7 December 2024). N: 1. – empty (adj): c. 1200, from Old English æmettig, of persons, “at leisure, not occupied; unmarried” (senses now obsolete), also, of receptacles, “containing nothing,” of places, “unoccupied,” from æmetta “leisure.”

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/encephalitis_viral/en/ (last access: 6 April 2016); http://www.emedicinehealth.com/encephalitis/article_em.htm (last access: 21 August 2014). N: 1. encephalitis, plural encephalitides, from Greek enkephalos (“brain”) and itis (“inflammation”), inflammation of the brain. Inflammation affecting the brain may also involve adjoining structures; encephalomyelitis is inflammation of the brain and spinal

GC: adj S: http://www.rferl.org/content/explainer-why-polio-remains-endemic-afghanistan-pakistan-nigeria/24804097.html (last access: 22 April 2013); http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=endemic (last access: 3 September 2014). N: “particular to a people or locality,” 1650s (endemical), with -ic + Greek endemos “native, dwelling in (a place), of or belonging to a people,” from en “in” (see en- (2)) + demos “people, district”

GC: n S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh?term=Endemic+Diseases (last access: 6 September 2015); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/endemic-disease (last access: 4 May 2025). N: 1. – endemic (adj): borrowed from French & New Latin; French endémique, borrowed from New Latin endēmicus, from Medieval Latin *endēmia “disease fixed in one locality” + New Latin -icus -ic.

GC: S: JHM –  https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/endometriosis (last access: 16 February 2021); NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK567777/ (last access: 17 August 2021). N: 1. “lining membrane of the uterus,” 1882, medical Latin, from Greek endo– + Greek mētra “uterus,” related to mētēr “mother”, also from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”),

GC: n S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12969194/ (last access: 27 October 2024); NIH – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10098939/ (last access: 27 October 2024). N: 1. endomorph. n. 1940 as one of W.H. Sheldon’s three types of human bodies, from “endo-” + “-morph”, from Greek morphē “form,” a word of uncertain etymology. Earlier, “a mineral

GC: n S: MN – https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=153552 (last access: 10 November 2020); HLN –  https://www.healthline.com/health/endorphins (last access: 11 November 2020). N: 1. Composed by endogène “endogenous, growing within” (endo– meaning “inside, withing internal”) + (genus, meaning “race, stock, kind; family, birth, descent, origin,”); morphine, name coined by German apothecary Friedrich Sertürner

GC: n S: NIH – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endoscopy.html (last access: 3 September); NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/endoscopy/Pages/how-is-it-perfomed.aspx (last access: 12 October 2015). N: 1. 1861, from endo- (word-forming element meaning “inside, within, internal,” comb. form of Greek endon “in, within,” literally “in the house of,” from en “in”, see en- (2), + base of domos “house”,

See Sierterm:

CG: n S: EC – https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-products (last access: 11 November 2016); EU – http://europa.eu/youreurope/business/environment/energy-labels/index_en.htm (last access: 11 November 2016). N: 1. energy (n): Derives from Middle French énergie , which means (force of expression); from Late Latin energia; from Greek energeia (activity, action, operation) from energos (active, working) from en

See Sierterm: https://sierterm.es/content/energy-poverty

GC: n S: AHCE – https://rm.coe.int/missing-persons-and-victims-of-enforced-disappearance-in-europe-issue-/16806daa1c (last access: 4 November 2020); UN – https://www.un.org/en/observances/victims-enforced-disappearance (last access: 6 November 2020). N: 1. – enforced (adj): From enforce (v.) (mid-14c., “to drive by physical force; to try, attempt, strive; to fortify, strengthen a place;” late 14c. as “exert force, compel; make stronger, reinforce; strengthen

GC: n S: MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11339 (last access: 17 November 2016); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/index.html (last access: 17 November 2016). N: 1. From the Greek form enteron (an intestine, piece of gut) and the Latin form virus (poison, venomous substance) 2. There are two possible definitions for enterovirus. The first one,

See SIERTERM: https://sierterm.es/content/environment

GC: n S: UWinnipeg – https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/chemistry/research-areas/environmental-chemistry.html (last access: 2 June 2024); NCERT – https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/kech207.pdf (last access: 2 June 2024). N: 1. – environmental (adj): 1887, “environing, surrounding,” from environment + -al (1). Ecological sense by 1967. Related: Environmentally (1884). – chemistry (n): c. 1600, “alchemy,” from chemist + –ry; also

GC: “n” S: Ruth F. Weiner – http://goo.gl/YcpTLg (last access: 13 November 2013) N: Environmental engineering requires that the impact and interaction of engineered structures on and with the natural environment be considered in any project. And environmental engineering seeks to work in cooperation with nature rather than to find

GC: n S: http://www.scidev.net/en/opinions/nanotech-for-clean-water-new-technology-new-rules-.html (last access: 6 March 2013); http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=12 (last access: 3 September 2014). N: Environmental health addresses all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, and all the related factors impacting behaviours. It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially

GC: npl S: UNHCR – https://bit.ly/2SBbr4v (last access: 15 July 2016); WilsCent – https://bit.ly/2E0Wm4d (last access: 15 July 2016). N: 1. – environmental (adj): 1887, “environing, surrounding,” from environment + -al (1). Ecological sense by 1967. Related: Environmentally (1884). – refugees (npl): refugee (n.), 1680s, from French réfugié, noun use

GC: adj, n S: FAO – http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0756e/t0756e05.htm (last access: 3 September 2014); CDC – http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/9/13-0083_article (last access: 3 September 2014). N: 1. enzootic (adj): Late 19th century: from en- ‘within’ + Greek zōion ‘animal’ + -ic. 2. Endemic in animals. An enzootic disease is constantly present in an animal population,

GC: n S: RICE – https://bit.ly/2zbth3a (last access: 18 November 2018); BIOL – https://bit.ly/2IloVMV (last access: 18 November 2018). N: 1. 1881, as a biochemical term, from German Enzym, coined 1878 by German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne (1837-1900), from Modern Greek enzymos “leavened,” from en “in” + zymē “leaven”. Related: Enzymotic.

GC: n S: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/locating.html (last access: 29 July 2015); http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-the-epicenter-of-an-earthquake-definition-location.html (last access: 29 July 2015). N: 1. 1887 in seismology, “point on the earth’s surface directly above the center or focus of an earthquake,” from Modern Latin epicentrum (1879 in geological use); see epi- + center (n.). Related: Epicentral (1866).

GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/csr/en/ (last access: 22 January 2013); MN – http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3273 (last access: 6 September 2015). N: 1. epidemic (n.): 1757, “an epidemic disease, a temporary prevalence of a disease throughout a community,” from epidemic (adj.); earlier epideme (see epidemy). An Old English noun for this (persisting in