Etymology

pantropy

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Today it means: The process of adapting humans through genetic and/or cybernetic means to thrive in environments otherwise inhospitable to them, such as outer space, the deep sea or other planets. Full definition →

Ancient Greek παν-
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαν-“all”
  2. English todaypantropy

From Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “all”) + τροπή (tropḗ, “transformation”, literally “turning”), coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attested in 1952.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπαν- all →

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