Etymology

panorama

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Today it means: An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὅρᾱμᾰ“view”
  2. English todaypanorama

From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “view”). Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὅρᾱμᾰ all →

-orama-rama

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.