Where does “pancurious” come from?
pancurious (English) comes from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
pancurious (English): Exhibiting a state of uncertainty about one's pansexual or panromantic status
Definitions
- Exhibiting a state of uncertainty about one's pansexual or panromantic status
Ancestry of “pancurious”, step by step
pancurious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English PAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 2 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 3 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English curious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curious | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore... |
| 2 | Middle English | curious | careful, meticulous; ingenious, skilful; expert,... |
| 3 | Old French | curios | — |
| 4 | Latin | curiosus | Careful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted;... |
| 5 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 6 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 7 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 8 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |