pan-european

The word is a modern compound formed from the Greek combining form pan-, meaning "all" or "every", and the established English adjective European. The Greek prefix pan- derives from the Proto-Indo-European root peh₂-, meaning "to protect, feed", which evolved in Greek to signify "all" in a collective sense. The term European originates from the Greek mythological figure Europa, whose name was later applied to the continent. The compound pan-European emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries within political and economic discourse to describe movements, policies, or perspectives that transcend individual national boundaries to encompass the entirety of Europe, thus logically combining the idea of "all" with the specific geographical and cultural entity.

Structure: pan (all) + european (of Europe) pan (Greek origin, meaning "all, every, whole", a combining form) + european (from Latin Europa, from Greek Eurōpē, a geographical and cultural name, with the English suffix -an forming an adjective).