Etymology

Pankratz

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Latin Pancratius ← Ancient Greek παγκράτιον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαγκράτιον
  2. Latin · derived fromPancratius
  3. English todayPankratz

Medieval German surname, from a vernacular form of Latin Pancratius; see Ancient Greek παγκράτιον (pankrátion).

Words from the same roots

LatinPancratius all →

PancrasBargatze

Ancient Greekπαγκράτιον all →

pankrationpancratium

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.