Demiurge

Demiurge: My word decoding skills just sent me astray with demi-urge. I expected demiurge to share its etymology with demitasse or demi-semi-quaver, but no! Demiurge shares its etymology with democracy and demography. The urge shares its etymology with energy, synergy and erg (CGS energy: gm*cm^2/s^2). Thus, demiurge was originally a Greek term for an artisan, but these days it is used as the creator of the universe.

Plato's Demiurge has merely been replaced by the Christian God.

A Book for Today: The Dancing Universe by Marcelo Gleiser