pandemic
意味
- (流行病などが)全地域にわたる,全国(世界)的流行の
- 全国(世界)的流行病
例文
What's the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
エピデミックとパンデミックって、何が違うの？
語源
pan-すべての＋dem人々＋-ic〜の
ギリシャ語「すべての(pan)人々(demos)の」から。国中・世界中に広がる「全国的・世界的流行（の）」。
epidemic（流行病）、democracy（民主主義）のdemも「人々」。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Ancient Greek πάνδημος (pándēmos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). πάνδημος is derived from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pandēmus (“affecting all the people, general, public”).