## Etymology
From Pandare (Pandarus), the character in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde who acts as a go-between for the lovers; the name derives ultimately from Greek Pándaros, a Trojan warrior in the Iliad. The general sense of indulging base desires developed from the procuring role.

## AI Etymology
Pander is from Pandare (Pandarus), the character in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde who acts as a go-between for the lovers; the name derives ultimately from Greek Pándaros, a Trojan warrior in the Iliad. The general sense of indulging base desires developed from the procuring role. Important recorded forms include Pándaros (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the ending or combining element turns the older base into the present English part of speech. The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers to gratify or indulge an immoral or distasteful desire. The wider family includes derived forms such as panderer and pandering.

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- Ethics & Social Judgment
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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