Where does “fancifully” come from?
fancifully (English) comes from English fanciful, from English fancy, from French fantaisie, from German Phantasie, from Italian fantasticare, from Spanish fantasear, from Spanish fantasía, from Latin phantasia — to push, to hit.
fancifully (English): In a fanciful manner
Definitions
- In a fanciful manner
Ancestry of “fancifully”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fanciful | Imaginative or fantastic; Unreal or imagined |
| 2 | English | fancy | The imagination; An image or representation of... |
| 3 | French | fantaisie | fantasy; imagination; fantasia |
| 4 | German | Phantasie | — |
| 5 | Italian | fantasticare | to daydream; to fantasize |
| 6 | Spanish | fantasear | to fantasize |
| 7 | Spanish | fantasía | fantasy; costume jewellery; make-believe |
| 8 | Latin | phantasia | fancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φαντασία | look, appearance, presentation, display; showy... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | φᾰντᾰ́ζω | make visible; to make visible, show; to become... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 13 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |