Where does “pandemia” come from?

pandemia (Spanish) comes from French pandémie, from Ancient Greek πᾶν, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

pandemia (Spanish): pandemic

Definitions

  1. pandemic

Ancestry of “pandemia”, step by step

pandemia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French pandémie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpandémiepandemic
2Ancient Greekπᾶνneuter nominative singular of πᾶς; neuter...
3Ancient Greekὀπτικόςof or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,...
4Ancient Greekὄψιςview
5Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
6Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Ancient Greek πανδημία

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπανδημίαall the people

Words derived from “pandemia

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