Etymology

pando

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Today it means: A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic). Full definition →

Latin pandō ← Proto-Italic *pandō ← Proto-Indo-European *ptnéh₂ti
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pando · noun1

Clipping of pandemic + -o.

Pando · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ptnéh₂ti
  3. Proto-Italic*pandō
  4. Latinpandō
  5. English todayPando

Borrowed from Latin pandō (“I spread”).

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