Where does “panhellenism” come from?
panhellenism (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...
panhellenism (English): The union of the Greeks into a single political...
Definitions
- The union of the Greeks into a single political...
Ancestry of “panhellenism”, step by step
panhellenism 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 Hellenism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hellenism | Any of the characteristics of ancient Greek... |
| 2 | French | hellénisme | Hellenism |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἑλληνισμός | imitation of the Greeks |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἕλλην | Greek, one who is from Greece or speaks Greek;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἑλλοί | The Greeks in Dodona |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἕλλα | seat |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *héllā | — |