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Etymology of the English word panopticon

the English word panopticon
using the English prefix pan-
derived from the Greek word optikos, ὀπτικός
derived from the Greek word optos, ὀπτός (cooked; roasted)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *okʷ-

Derivations in other languages

Italian panottico

Cognates

Dutch panopticum, German Panoptikum, Norwegian panoptikon, Swedish panoptikon



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