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id="div-gpt-ad-pc-wd-top" style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of Pangaea" class="word__name--TTbAA">Pangaea<!-- --> </h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"supercontinent of the late Paleozoic era," 1924, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">pan-</span> "all" (see <a href="/word/pan-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pan- " class="crossreference notranslate">pan-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">gaia</span> "earth" (see <a href="/word/Gaia" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Gaia " class="crossreference notranslate">Gaia</a>). First attested in German, 1920, in Alfred Wegener's <span class="foreign notranslate">"Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane"</span> (but according to OED the word is not found in 1914 first edition).</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1924">1924</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to Pangaea">Entries linking to <i>Pangaea</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 Gaia" href="/word/Gaia#etymonline_v_1217">Gaia<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<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>Earth as a goddess, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">Gaia</span>, spouse of Uranus, mother of the Titans, personification of <span class="foreign notranslate">gaia</span> "earth" (as opposed to heaven), "land" (as opposed to sea), "a land, country, soil;" it is a collateral form of <span class="foreign notranslate">gē</span> (Dorian <span class="foreign notranslate">ga</span>) "earth," which is of unknown origin and perhaps from a pre-Indo-European language of Greece. The Roman equivalent goddess of the earth was <span class="foreign notranslate">Tellus</span> (see <a href="/word/tellurian" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of tellurian " class="crossreference notranslate">tellurian</a>), sometimes used in English poetically or rhetorically for "Earth personified" or "the Earth as a planet."</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 Panthalassa" href="/word/Panthalassa#etymonline_v_3085">Panthalassa<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<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>"universal sea," such as that which surrounded <a href="/word/Pangaea" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Pangaea " class="crossreference notranslate">Pangaea</a>, 1893 (Suess), from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">pan-</span> "all" (see <a href="/word/pan-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pan- " class="crossreference notranslate">pan-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">thalassa</span> "sea" (see <a href="/word/thalasso-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of thalasso- " class="crossreference notranslate">thalasso-</a>).</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 pan-" href="/word/pan-#etymonline_v_3053">pan-<!-- --> <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>word-forming element meaning "all, every, whole, all-inclusive," from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">pan-</span>, combining form of <span class="foreign notranslate">pas</span> (neuter <span class="foreign notranslate">pan</span>, masculine and neuter genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">pantos</span>) "all," from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*pant-</span> "all" (with derivatives found only in Greek and Tocharian).</p> <p>Commonly used as a prefix in Greek (before a labial <span class="foreign notranslate">pam-</span>; before a guttural <span class="foreign notranslate">pag-</span>), in modern times often with nationality names, the first example of which seems to have been <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Panslavism</strong></span> (1846). Also <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>panislamic</strong></span> (1881), <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>pan-American</strong></span> (1889), <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>pan-German</strong></span> (1892), <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>pan-African</strong></span> (1900), <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>pan-European</strong></span> (1901), <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>pan-Arabism</strong></span> (1930).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></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 Pangaea">Trends of <i>Pangaea</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/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of patience" href="/word/patience"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">patience<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1200, pacience, "quality of being willing to bear adversities, calm endurance of misfortune, suffering, etc.," from Old French pacience "patience; sufferance, permission" (12c.) and directly from Latin patientia "the quality of suffering or enduring; submission," also "indulge</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of coordinate" href="/word/coordinate"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">coordinate<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1640s, "of the same order, belonging to the same rank or degree," from Medieval Latin coordinatus, past participle of coordinare "to set in order, arrange," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see com-) + ordinatio "arrangement," from ordo "row, rank, series, arrangeme</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of mollycoddle" href="/word/mollycoddle"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">mollycoddle<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">also molly-coddle, by 1839 (implied in mollycoddling), from a noun (by 1828) meaning "overly pampered, fastidious, effeminate male," from Molly (pet name formation from Mary), which had been used contemptuously at least since 1707 for "a milksop, an effeminate man" (see molly (n.</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of latch-key" href="/word/latch-key"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">latch-key<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">also latchkey, "a key to raise or draw back the latch of a door" and allow one to enter from outside, 1825, from latch (n.) + key (n.1). 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Ma</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of prompt" href="/word/prompt"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">prompt<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-14c., prompten, "to incite to action, urge," from the adjective or from Latin promptus, past participle of promere "to bring forth," from pro "forward" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward") + emere "to take" (from PIE root *em- "to take, distribute"). The meaning "coach (someon</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of perfection" href="/word/perfection"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">perfection<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">early 13c., perfeccioun, "consummate state or form, that degree of excellence which leaves nothing to be desired," from Old French perfection "perfection, completeness" (12c.), from Latin perfectionem (nominative perfectio) "a finishing, completing, perfection," noun of action fr</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of obey" href="/word/obey"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">obey<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1300, obeien, "carry out the commands of (someone); submit to (a command, rule, etc.); be ruled by," from Old French obeir "obey, be obedient, do one's duty" (12c.), from Latin obedire, oboedire "obey, be subject, serve; pay attention to, give ear," literally "listen to," from</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of target" href="/word/target"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">target<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1300, "light shield," typically small and round, diminutive of late Old English targe and directly from Old French targete "light shield" (12c.), from Frankish or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *targ- (source also of Old High German zarga "edging, border," Ger</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of temple" href="/word/temple"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">temple<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"building for worship, edifice dedicated to the service of a deity or deities," Old English tempel, from Latin templum "piece of ground consecrated for the taking of auspices, building for worship of a god," of uncertain signification. 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