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Where does “paniclike” come from?

paniclike (English) comes from English Panic, from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

paniclike (English): Resembling or characteristic of panic

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of panic

Ancestry of “paniclike”, 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...
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