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Where does “panpiping” come from?

panpiping (English) comes from English panpipes, 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...

panpiping (English): The playing of pan pipes; the music produced by...

Definitions

  1. The playing of pan pipes; the music produced by...

Ancestry of “panpiping”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpanpipesAn instrument consisting of a series of ten or...
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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