Etymograph

English

pan-

Pan- comes from Ancient Greek πᾶς ‘all, every’, and goes back to Proto-Hellenic *pánts.

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pánts1reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπᾶς1pâs‘all, every’
  3. Englishtodaypan-1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English pan-

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pántsWiktionary, English pan-reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπᾶςWiktionary, English pan-pâs‘all, every’
  3. Englishtodaypan-Wiktionary, English pan-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’

food, father, company, feed, pain, pope, foster, pattern, apparent, fur, pastor, penetration, companion, patriot, papa, patron, fodder, perpetrator, fad, forage, pasture, paternity, paternal, ayr, accompaniment, padre, perpetrate, patrimony, patrician, pater, compere, panini, pav, pannier, 59 more

through Ancient Greek πᾶς ‘all, every’

pancreas, pandemonium, panacea, pantaloons, 3 more

Today it means

prefix All.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pan-”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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