Where does “moraalipaniikki” come from?
moraalipaniikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish paniikki, from Swedish panik, from French panique, from Middle French panique, from Ancient Greek πανικός, from Ancient Greek πᾶν, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός, from Ancient Greek ὄψις — to speak, to sound out.
moraalipaniikki (Finnish): moral panic
Definitions
- moral panic
Ancestry of “moraalipaniikki”, step by step
moraalipaniikki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paniikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paniikki | panic |
| 2 | Swedish | panik | — |
| 3 | French | panique | panicked; panic; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Middle French | panique | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πανικός | pertaining to Pan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πᾶν | neuter nominative singular of πᾶς; neuter... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀπτικός | of or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄψις | view |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὄψ | voice; word; eye, face |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | wókʷs | voice |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via Finnish moraali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moraali | Morals; Moral; Morale |
| 2 | Swedish | moral | morale, character; moral, moral practices,... |
| 3 | German | Moral | moral, morality; morale |
| 4 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English moral panic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | moral panic | A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society; a public outcry |