panic
English
/ˈpænɪk/
adj
Definitions
- (now) Pertaining to the god Pan.
- Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of ).
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French panique derived from Ancient Greek πανικός (Pan).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πανικός
Gloss
Pan
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -er English
- -k- English
- antipanic English
- monger English
- o English
- panicked English
- panicker English
- panickily English
- panicking English
- panickingly English
- panicky English
- panicless English
- paniclike English
- panicmonger English
- panicogenesis English
- panicogenic English
- unpanicked English
- unpanicky English
- panicus Latin
- pānicum Latin
- Fennich German
- pánik Hungarian
- paniek Dutch, Flemish
- antipanique French
- panique French
- πανικός Ancient Greek
- panikk Norwegian Bokmål
- panik Swedish
- パニック Japanese
- panikk Norwegian Nynorsk
- panik Danish
- panice Middle French
- panique Middle French