Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek

Παγκράτιος

“all-powerful”

Παγκράτιος (Pankrátios) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Proto-Hellenic. It is used in Ancient Greek.

Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Pankrátios.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Παγκράτιος goes back to a word meaning “all-powerful.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Παγκράτιος comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ancient Greek πᾶς, from Proto-Hellenic *pánts, built from Ancient Greek παγκρατής (“all-powerful”) + -ιος.

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Παγκράτιος’s family of names

In Ancient Greek usage, Παγκράτιος has a later derivative in Pancras. In Greek usage, Παγκράτιος has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Pankrác. In Ancient Greek usage, Παγκράτιος can be written in the Roman alphabet as Pankrátios.

Walk Παγκράτιος’s family in the name graph

ΠαγκράτιοςPankrátiosPancrasPancrazioPongrácPankrác

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Παγκράτιος has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greekwhere Παγκράτιος comes from · 1 name

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Proto-Hellenic

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Ancient Greek

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Sibling ideas

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