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English Affixes From A To Z: A One-Stop List Of Suffixes, Prefixes, and Combining FormsIn English, we love to make new words by adding all sorts of bits to the front and back of existing terms. These are called affixes, and they are added to the base or stem of a word. When attached to the end of word, the affix is called a suffix. And to the beginning? A prefix.
English Affixes From A To Z: A One-Stop List Of Suffixes, Prefixes, and Combining FormsIn English, we love to make new words by adding all sorts of bits to the front and back of existing terms. These are called affixes, and they are added to the base or stem of a word. When attached to the end of word, the affix is called a suffix. And to the beginning? A prefix.
Nearby words
pantie, panties, pantihose, pantile, pantisocracy, panto, panto-, pantofle, pantograph, pantographer, pantographic
Origin of panto
by shortening
Definition for panto (2 of 2)
panto-
a combining form synonymous with pan-: pantology.
Also especially before a vowel, pant-.
Origin of panto-
combining form representing Greek pant- (stem of pâs) all
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Examples from the Web for panto
Panto was indeed the mainstay of his business; it was even the warp and woof of his life.
I don't grudge letting the rest of the company have their fling at other times—but with the panto comes my turn.
Trelawny of The "Wells"|Arthur W. PineroDid you know any of the critics when you were down at Slagtown for the Panto?
Voces Populi|F. Anstey"I once was in the chorus in a panto at Hanbridge," she said.
The Regent|E. Arnold Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for panto (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for panto (2 of 2)
panto-
before a vowel pant-
combining form
allpantisocracy; pantofle; pantograph; pantomime
Word Origin for panto-
from Greek pant-, pas
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