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Panacea

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a solution or remedy believed to solve all problems or cure all ills
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Stage 1 of 2
Panakeia
Greek · ancient
"the goddess of universal healing"
the goddess of universal remedy, from pan- (all) and akos (cure)
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Stage 2 of 2
panacea
English · 1540s
"a solution or remedy for all problems"
broadened from the goddess's name to any supposed cure-all
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