pan-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pan"
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From Ancient Greek πᾰν- (pan-).
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pan-
- Used to form higher clades with one main member.
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πᾰν- (pan-), combining form of πᾶς (pâs, “all, every”).
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pan-
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- An initial capital may be used when this prefix attaches to an already capitalized word: e.g. pan-African or Pan-African.
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terms derived from pan-
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a combining form meaning "all"
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Internationalism (see English pan-), ultimately from Ancient Greek πᾰν- (pan-).
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân).
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pan-
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân).
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pan-
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- “pan-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
- Hyphenation: pan
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pan-
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân), neuter form of πᾶς (pâs, “all, every”).
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pan-
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Further reading edit
- “pan-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Ultimately from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân).
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pan-
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pan- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔)
- Alternative form of pang-, if the root starts with alveolar consonants, such as ⟨d⟩, ⟨l⟩, ⟨n⟩, ⟨r⟩, ⟨s⟩, or ⟨t⟩, which sometimes gets nasally assimilated to the prefix ending when starts with alveolar consonants, ⟨s⟩, ⟨t⟩, or ⟨d⟩.
- pan- + digma (“war”) → pandigma (“meant for war”)
- pan- + diwa (“gist”) → pandiwa (“verb”)
- pan- + lasa (“flavor”) → panlasa (“taste”)
- pan- + samantala (“while”) → pansamantala (“temporary”)
- pan- + sampalataya (“belief”) → pananampalataya (“faith”)
- pan- + takip (“cover”) → pantakip (“an instrument used to cover something”)
- pan- + talo (“defeat”) → panalo (“victory”)
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- When used before root initials /d/, /s/, or /t/, the said initials sometimes undergo nasal assimilation to the prefix ending.
- Native speakers sometimes use the prefix pang- by default, instead of pan- without any morpheme change to the word.
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Further reading edit
- “pan-”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- https://learningtagalog.com/grammar/nouns/noun_affixes/pang.html