pandemic

pandemic · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*deh₂-“to divide, share”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*peh₂-“to protect, shepherd”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromπάνδημος“of or belonging to all the people, public”
4. English todaypandemic

From Ancient Greek πάνδημος (pándēmos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). πάνδημος is derived from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pandēmus (“affecting all the people, general, public”).

pandemic · adjective²

See Pandemic.

Pandemic · adjective³

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈφροδίτη Πάνδημος“Aphrodite Pandemos”
2. English todayPandemic

From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη Πάνδημος (Aphrodítē Pándēmos, “Aphrodite Pandemos”), from πάνδημος (pándēmos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). See further at pandemic (etymology 1).

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