Where does “panickiness” come from?
panickiness (English) comes from English panicky, from English Panic, from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
panickiness (English): The state or condition of being panicky
Definitions
- The state or condition of being panicky
Ancestry of “panickiness”, step by step
panickiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English panicky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | panicky | In a state of panic |
| 2 | English | Panic | Pandean |
| 3 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 4 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 5 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 6 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 7 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |