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class="crossreference notranslate">demotic</a>). Modeled on <a href="/word/epidemic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of epidemic " class="crossreference notranslate">epidemic</a>; OED reports that it is "Distinguished from <span class="foreign notranslate">epidemic</span>, which may connote limitation to a smaller area." The noun, "a pandemic disease," is recorded by 1853, from the adjective. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Pandemia</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1660s">1660s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to pandemic">Entries linking to <i>pandemic</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of demotic" href="/word/demotic#etymonline_v_5579">demotic<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"of or belonging to the people," especially "pertaining to the common people, popular, vulgar," 1822, from Latinized form of Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">dēmotikos</span> "of or for the common people, in common use," from <span class="foreign notranslate">dēmos</span> "common people," originally "district," from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*da-mo-</span> "division," from root <a href="/word/*da-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *da- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*da-</a> "to divide." Originally in English it was used in reference to the simpler of two forms of ancient Egyptian writing (opposed to <a href="/word/hieratic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hieratic " class="crossreference notranslate">hieratic</a> or <a href="/word/hieroglyphic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hieroglyphic " class="crossreference notranslate">hieroglyphic</a>); the broader sense is by 1831. Used of the popular form of modern Greek since 1927.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of epidemic" href="/word/epidemic#etymonline_v_8781">epidemic<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>c. 1600, "common to or affecting a whole people," originally and usually, though not etymologically, in reference to diseases, from French <span class="foreign notranslate">épidémique</span>, from <span class="foreign notranslate">épidemié</span> "an epidemic disease," from Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">epidemia</span>, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">epid</span><span class="foreign notranslate">ē</span><span class="foreign notranslate">mia</span> "a stay in a place; prevalence of an epidemic disease" (especially the plague), from <span class="foreign notranslate">epi</span> "among, upon" (see <a href="/word/epi-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of epi- " class="crossreference notranslate">epi-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">dēmos</span> "people, district" (see <a href="/word/demotic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of demotic " class="crossreference notranslate">demotic</a>). Also see <a href="/word/-ic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ic " class="crossreference notranslate">-ic</a>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of pan-" href="/word/pan-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">pan-</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *da-" href="/word/*da-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*da-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/pandemic/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->4<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of pandemic">Trends of <i>pandemic</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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