Where does “Panikmacher” come from?
Panikmacher (German) comes from German Panik, from French panique, from Middle French panique, from Ancient Greek πανικός, from Ancient Greek πᾶν, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ — to speak, to sound out.
Panikmacher (German): panicmonger, scaremonger, fearmonger, alarmist male or of unspecified gender
Definitions
- panicmonger, scaremonger, fearmonger, alarmist male or of unspecified gender
Ancestry of “Panikmacher”, step by step
Panikmacher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Panik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Panik | panic |
| 2 | French | panique | panicked; panic; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | panique | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πανικός | pertaining to Pan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πᾶν | neuter nominative singular of πᾶς; neuter... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀπτικός | of or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄψις | view |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄψ | voice; word; eye, face |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | wókʷs | voice |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via German Macher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Macher | agent noun of machen; maker |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |