Etymo

panorama

A sweeping view of a scene.

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The view takes everything in

How panorama reached English

oldest first

Greek

  • pan-‘all; every’
  • hórāma‘sight; something seen’

combined

  1. English

    panorama

    ‘A broad view’

The story of panorama

Panorama combines pan- with Greek hórāma. Together, the pieces suggest an all-encompassing view.

This is a later formation from Greek material, not an ancient Greek word panorama.

Sources

Also built on Greek pan-

  • panorama, this word
  • panacea
  • pandemic
  • pandemonium

The name turns the extent of a scene into a word.

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