[1895–1900; pan- + human]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backstage, calling card, freewheel, hit-and-run, slapstickpan- is a combining form meaning “all,” occurring originally in loanwords from Greek (panacea; panoply), but now used freely as a general formative (panleukopenia; panorama; pantelegraph; pantheism; pantonality), and esp. in terms, formed at will, implying the union of all branches of a group(Pan-Christian; Panhellenic; Pan-Slavism). The hyphen and the second capital tend with longer use to be lost, unless theyare retained in order to set off clearly the component parts