Origin and history of pamphlet

1640s as a noun, "a writer of pamphlets," from pamphlet + -eer. As a verb, "to write and issue pamphlets," from 1690s. Related: Pamphleteering.

word-forming element meaning "all, every, whole, all-inclusive," from Greek pan-, combining form of pas (neuter pan, masculine and neuter genitive pantos) "all," from PIE *pant- "all" (with derivatives found only in Greek and Tocharian).

Commonly used as a prefix in Greek (before a labial pam-; before a guttural pag-), in modern times often with nationality names, the first example of which seems to have been Panslavism (1846). Also panislamic (1881), pan-American (1889), pan-German (1892), pan-African (1900), pan-European (1901), pan-Arabism (1930).

also -phil, word-forming element of Greek origin meaning "one that loves, likes, or is attracted to;" via French -phile and Medieval Latin -philus in this sense, from Greek -philos, a common element in personal names (such as Theophilos), from philos "loving, friendly, dear; related, own," which is related to philein "to love," a word of unknown origin. According to Beekes, the original meaning was "own, accompanying" rather than "beloved."