Etymology

pandamonium

pan·da·mon·i·um
P3A1N1D2A1M3O1N1I1U1M3

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English pandemonium ← Latin daemonium ← Ancient Greek δαιμόνῐον (daimónĭon)
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The story

  1. Tibetanཕོ་ཉ (pho nya)der.?
  2. Frenchpanda
  3. Englishpanda
  4. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  6. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  7. Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
  8. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  9. Englishpan-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  12. Ancient Greekδαίομαι (daíomai)
  13. Ancient Greekδαίμων (daímōn)
  14. Ancient Greekδαιμόνῐος (daimónĭos)
  15. Ancient Greekδαιμόνῐον (daimónĭon)
  16. Latindaemonium
  17. Englishpandemonium
  18. English todaypandamonium

Blend of panda + pandemonium.

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