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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πᾰμ- (pam-) — before labials μ, π, β, φ, ψ
- πᾰγ- (pag-) — before velars κ, γ, χ, ξ
Combining form
παν- • (pan-)
- Combining form of πᾶς (pâs, “all, every”)
Derived terms
Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παν- (pan-).
Prefix
παν- • (pan-)
- (with noun) pan- (everything, everyone: including all members of a group or set)
- παν- (pan-) + Ευρώπη (Evrópi, “Europe”) → πανευρωπαϊκός (panevropaïkós, “Pan-European”)
- παν- (pan-) + θεός (theós, “god”) → πάνθεο (pántheo, “pantheon”)
- (with adjective) enhances the adjective
- παν- (pan-) + αρχαίος (archaíos, “old, ancient”) → πανάρχαιος (panárchaios, “very ancient”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- παν- - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.