# pandemic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pænˈdɛmɪk/ · frequency rank #11,576

## Definitions
1. Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.
2. General, widespread.

## Etymology
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”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`apndemic`, `padnemic`, `panddemic`, `pandeimc`, `pandemci`, `pandemicc`, `pandemmic`, `pandmeic`, `panedmic`, `panndemic`, `pnademic`, `ppandemic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pandemic