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What is the origin of the word pandemonium?

Question #150159. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Nov 18 2023.
Originally posted Nov 18 2023 9:29 PM.

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Literally, "the place of all demons." We have John Milton in his "Paradise Lost" to thank for this gem.
pandemonium (n.)
1667, Pandæmonium, in "Paradise Lost" the name of the palace built in the middle of Hell, "the high capital of Satan and all his peers," and the abode of all the demons; coined by John Milton (1608-1674) from Greek pan- "all" (see pan-) + Late Latin daemonium "evil spirit," from Greek daimonion "inferior divine power," from daimon "lesser god" (see demon).

Transferred sense "place of uproar and disorder" is from 1779; that of "wild, lawless confusion" is from 1865.
link https://www.etymonline.com/word/pandemonium

Response last updated by psnz on Nov 18 2023.
Nov 18 2023, 9:30 PM
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