Where does “πανδέκτης” come from?

πανδέκτης (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek δέκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

πανδέκτης (Ancient Greek): encyclopedia; all-receiver, encyclopedia

Definitions

  1. encyclopedia; all-receiver, encyclopedia

Ancestry of “πανδέκτης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδέκτηςreceiver, recipient
2Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
3Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “πανδέκτης”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →