Where does “panopticon” come from?

Panopticon derives from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, "all") and Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs, "all"), combined to form a structure designed for total visibility.

panopticon (English): A type of prison where all the cells are visible...

Definitions

  1. A type of prison where all the cells are visible...

Ancestry of “panopticon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὀπτικόςof or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,...
2Ancient Greekὄψιςview
3Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
4Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “panopticon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄψ →