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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word PANDECT. Etymology of the word
PANDECT.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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PANDECT,
a comprehensive treatise, digest. (F.,—L.,—Gk.)
'Thus thou, by means which th' ancients never took, A pandect mak'st, and
universal book;' Donne, Vpon Mr. T. Coryat's Crudities (R.) More
properly used in the pl. pandects.—O.F. pandectes,
'pandects, book which contain all matters, or comprehend all the parts of the
subject whereof they intreat;' Cot.—Lat. pandectas, acc. of pl. pandectæ,
the title of the collection of Roman laws made by order of Justinian, A.D. 533 (Haydn).
The sing. pandecta also appears; also pandectes, the true orig. form.—Gk.
πανδέκτης, all-receiving; whence pl.
πανδέκται, pandects.—Gk.
πᾶν,
neut.
of πᾶς, all; and
δεκ-, base of
δέχομαι, I receive, contain.
See Pan-
and Digit.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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