panic
How did a word that meant of Pan come to name a sudden fear?
What do you notice?
English, a sudden fear
panic
Greek: of Pan
πανικός
Reconstructed
Reconstructed. We do not have a recording.
The adjective is older than the English noun.
English panic names a sudden rush of fear. Greek panikos meant of Pan.
Hear the Greek adjective. Then see how later English jobs grew.
Notice the word on a sign or in a story. Ask which job it is doing: a sudden fear, a crowd, a market, a button. Those jobs are not all the same age.
You can stop here. The word already moved.
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