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Where does “Pan-Americanism” come from?

Pan-Americanism (English) comes from English Pan-American, from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Pan-Americanism (English): Belief in the benefit of Pan-American...

Definitions

  1. Belief in the benefit of Pan-American...

Ancestry of “Pan-Americanism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPan-AmericanCovering or representing all of the Americas ,...
2EnglishPANAcronym of primary account number; Acronym of...
3EnglishpantographA mechanical linkage based on parallelograms...
4Frenchpantographepantograph
5French-graphe-graph; -grapher
6Latin-graphus—
7Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
8Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
9Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
11Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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