The lexicon of energy
A collection of early usages of "energy" and related terms in dictionaries and encyclopedias
Polish: "energia," Linde, Słownik języka polskiego, vol. 1 (1807).
German: "Energie," Brockhaus' Conversations-Lexikon, vol. 7 (1809).
German --> Hungarian: "Energie," Márton, Három nyelvből készült oskolai lexicon, vagyis szókönyv, vol. 1 (1816). [on campus]
German --> Greek: "Kraft," Rost, Deutsch-Griechisches Wörterbuch (1818).
Greek --> German: "ενέργεια," Schneider, Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (1819).
German: "Energie," Liechtenstern and Schiffner, Allgemeines deutsches Sach-Wörterbuch aller menschlichen Kenntnisse und Fertigkeiten (1825).
German --> Hungarian: "Energie," Holzmann, Deutsch-Ungarisches und Ungarisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (1827).
German: "Energie," Binzer, Encyclopädisches Wörterbuch der Wissenschaften, Künste und Gewerbe (1827).
Czech --> German: "Sjla," Jungmann, Slownjk česko-německý (1838).
French --> Polish: "energie," Kazimirski, Słownik francusko-polski (1839).
Polish --> German: "energia," Czarnecki, Słownik polski-niemiecki (1843), 104 [120].
Russian: "энергия," Справочный энциклопедический словарь (1847), 402.German --> English: "Energie," Flügel, Vollständiges Englisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch, vol. 2 (1856), 320.
Romanian --> German: [energie], Baritz, Romänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (1857), 127 [=145].
German --> Slovenian: "Energie," Cigale, Deutsch-Slovenisches Wörterbuch (1860), 423.
Polish: "energija," Encyklopedia powszechna, vol. 8 (1861): 302 [=153].
Hungarian: "erély," Czuczor and Fogarasi, A magyar nyelv szótára, vol. 2 (1864).
Russian: "энергия," Toll, Настольный словарь для справок по всем отраслям знания, vol. 3 (1864).
German --> Croat: Filipovic, "Energie," Neues Wörterbuch der kroatischen und deutschen Sprache (1869), 353.
Hungarian: "energia," Pollák, Egyetemes Magyar Encyclopaedia, vol. 7 (1869).Russian: "энергия," Михельсон, 30 000 иностранных слов, вошедших в употребление в русский язык, с объяснением их корней(1870).
German --> Polish: "Energie," Nowy dokladny slownik polsko-niemiecki i niemiecko-polski : Neues vollständiges Polnisch-Deutsches und Deutsch-Polnisches Wörterbuch (1873), 203.
French --> Serbian: "énergie," Француско-српски речник (1875), 473.
Russian: "энергия," Berezin, Русский энциклопедический словарь, part 4, vol. 4 (1879): 374.
Russian: "энергия," Kloshnikov, Всенаучный (энциклопедический) словарь, vol. 3 (1882): 1466.
German: "Energie," Brockhaus' Conversations-Lexikon, vol. 6 (1883).
English --> Ottoman Turkish: "energy," Redhouse, A Lexicon of English and Turkish (1884): 287.
Russian: "энергия," Martynovskii and Kovalevskii, eds., Новейший полный словотолкователь и объяснитель 150000 иностранных слов, вошедших в русский язык, с приведением корней и исследованием о происхождении их, 3rd ed. (1894).
Russian --> Ukrainian: "энергия," Umanets and Spilka, Словарь росийсько-український, vol. 4 (1898): 222.
Czech: "energie," Ottův slovník naučný, vol. 8 (1898): [610].German: "Kraft," Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1899).
Polish: "energia," Wielka encyklopedia powszechna ilustrowana, vol. 19-20 (1897). (See also here.)
Hungarian: "erély," Révai Nagy Lexikona, vol. 6 (1912).
Hungarian: "energiaforgalom," Révai Nagy Lexikona, vol. 6 (1912).