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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

  1. simple past tense and past participle of panic;...

Ancestry of “panicked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPanicPandean
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...

Words derived from “panicked”

  • unpanicked
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