Which prefix denotes 'All'?

Which prefix denotes 'All'?

• A. An-, A-
• B. Therm-
• C. Metr-
• D. Pan-

Answer: (D)

Pan- denotes all. It comes from the Greek pan meaning all or entire, and you’ll see it in terms like panorama (a view of everything you can see at once), panacea (a remedy for all problems), and pandemic (a disease affecting people everywhere). The other prefixes don’t carry the sense of all: an- or a- means without or lacking, therm- relates to heat, and metr- relates to measure (or, in medical contexts, the uterus). So pan- is the correct choice for “All.”

Pan- denotes all. It comes from the Greek pan meaning all or entire, and you’ll see it in terms like panorama (a view of everything you can see at once), panacea (a remedy for all problems), and pandemic (a disease affecting people everywhere). The other prefixes don’t carry the sense of all: an- or a- means without or lacking, therm- relates to heat, and metr- relates to measure (or, in medical contexts, the uterus). So pan- is the correct choice for “All.”