Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·greek ·1500s
Panacea
from πανάκεια (panakeia)
- Meaning
- All-healing — a remedy for everything.
- Source word
- πανάκεια (panakeia)
- Route into English
- Panakeia was a Greek goddess of healing; her name became "universal cure" in alchemy and medicine.
- Arrived
- 1500s
English borrows.
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