pandemic的词源

英文词源

pandemic (adj.)

1660s, from Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandemos "pertaining to all people; public, common," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + demos "people" (see demotic). Modeled on epidemic. The noun is first recorded 1853, from the adjective.

中文词源

pandemic：全国流行的；大范围传染的

词根词缀： pan-总,全,泛 + -dem-人民 + -ic形容词词尾

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pandemic：流行病

pan-,全部，所有，-dem,人民，词源同democracy,demotic.即全民传染的。