Where does “plandemic” come from?
plandemic (English) comes from English plan, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
plandemic (English): A deliberately planned pandemic, typically supposed as part of a conspiracy theory. (Often associated with COVID-19.)
Definitions
- A deliberately planned pandemic, typically supposed as part of a conspiracy theory. (Often associated with COVID-19.)
Ancestry of “plandemic”, step by step
plandemic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plan | A drawing showing technical details of a... |
| 2 | French | plan | plan; map; plane |
| 3 | French | plain | plane |
| 4 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 5 | Latin | plēnus | full; filled; complete |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via English pandemic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pandemic | Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical... |
| 2 | Latin | pandēmus | affecting all the people, public, general |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πᾶν | neuter nominative singular of πᾶς; neuter... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀπτικός | of or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄψις | view |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὄψ | voice; word; eye, face |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | wókʷs | voice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |