Merriam-Webster's Top Word of 2020 "PANDEMIC".
Merriam-Webster on Monday 30 November 2020 announced "pandemic" as its 2020 word of the year.
Pandemic, with roots in Latin and Greek, is a combination of "pan," for all, and "demos," for people or population.
Pandemic, with roots in Latin and Greek, is a combination of "pan," for all, and "demos," for people or population. The latter is the same root of "democracy". The word pandemic dates to the mid-1600s, used broadly for "universal" and more specifically to disease in a medical text in the 1660s.
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