Wednesday, 21 November 2012

panorama =بانوراما

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panorama =بانوراما

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
panorama (n.)
1796, "a painting on a revolving cylindrical surface," coined c.1789 by inventor, Irish artist Robert Barker, lit. "a complete view," from pan- "all" + Gk. horama "a view," from horan "to look, see" (see warrant (n.)). Meaning "comprehensive survey" is 1801.


pan-
prefix meaning "all, every, whole, all-inclusive," from Gk. pan-, combining form of pas (neut. pan, masculine and neuter genitive pantos) "all," from PIE *pant- "all" (with derivatives found only in Greek and Tocharian). Commonly used as a prefix in Greek, in modern times often with nationality names, the first example of which seems to have been Panslavism (1846). Also panislamic (1881), pan-American (1889), pan-German (1892), pan-African (1900), pan-European (1901), pan-Arabism (1930).

-rama
noun suffix meaning "spectacular display or instance of," 1824, abstracted from panorama, ultimately from Gk. horama "sight."





 P.S.    Another relative word  :    panoramic=بانورامي







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