English/Spanish Cognate of the Day

English

panacea n.– solution/cure-all/remedy

Spanish

panacea

Etymology

panacea -universal remedy,- 1540s, from Latin panacea, a herb (variously identified) that would heal all illnesses, from Greek panakeia “cure-all,

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