An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Hypothetical super-continent that existed from about 300 to 200 million years ago. It has since broken up and the fragments have drifted to become the configuration of Earth’s present-day continents.

Etymology (EN): From Gk. → pan- “all” + gaia, variant ge “earth, land, ground, soil.”

Etymology (PE): Pânzam, from → pan- + zam, variants
zamin, zami “earth, ground,” from Mid.Pers. zamig “earth;”
Av. zam- “the earth;” cf. Skt. ksam; Gk. khthôn, khamai “on the ground;” L. homo “earthly being” and humus “the earth” (as in homo sapiens or homicide, humble, humus, exhume);
PIE root *dh(e)ghom “earth.”
Pânžé, loan from Fr.