Everyday LifeGreek → English
Panorama
An unbroken view of a wide area.
The Greek roots
πᾶν
pân
all
ὅραμα
hórama
view, sight
Literally: “an all-view”
The story of the word
Coined in the 1790s for a 360° painting — a 'complete view' that surrounds the onlooker.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
From the summit a panorama of peaks opened up.