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Where does “Torschlusspanik” come from?

Torschlusspanik (English) comes from German Torschlusspanik, from German Panik, from French panique, from Middle French panique, from Ancient Greek πανικός, from Ancient Greek πᾶν, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός, from Ancient Greek ὄψις — to speak, to sound out.

Torschlusspanik (English): The fear that time is running out to act, often...

Definitions

  1. The fear that time is running out to act, often...

Ancestry of “Torschlusspanik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTorschlusspanikTorschlusspanik
2GermanPanikpanic
3Frenchpaniquepanicked; panic; first-person singular present...
4Middle Frenchpanique—
5Ancient Greekπανικόςpertaining to Pan
6Ancient Greekπᾶνneuter nominative singular of πᾶς; neuter...
7Ancient Greekὀπτικόςof or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,...
8Ancient Greekὄψιςview
9Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
10Proto-Hellenicwókʷs—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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