Etymology

pantograph

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Today it means: A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. Full definition →

French pantographe ← Ancient Greek παντός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαντός
  2. French · derived frompantographe
  3. English todaypantograph

From French pantographe, from panto- (from Ancient Greek παντός (pantós), genitive singular of πᾶν (pân, “all”)), and -graphe (from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”)).

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