Where does “panicked” come from?
Panicked comes from Middle French panique, derived from Ancient Greek πανικός, an adjective formed from the god Πάν, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to spread" or "extend."
panicked (English): simple past tense and past participle of panic;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of panic;...
Ancestry of “panicked”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Panic | Pandean |
| 2 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 3 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 4 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 5 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 6 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |