Where does “fantasizer” come from?
fantasizer (English) comes from English fantasize, from English fantasy, from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς — to push, to hit.
fantasizer (English): someone who indulges in fantasies
Definitions
- someone who indulges in fantasies
Ancestry of “fantasizer”, step by step
fantasizer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fantasize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fantasize | To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only... |
| 2 | English | fantasy | That which comes from one's imagination; The... |
| 3 | Middle English | fantasie | the faculty of imagination |
| 4 | Old French | fantasie | fantasy |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | fantasia | Alternative form of phantasia |
| 6 | Latin | phantasia | fancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φαντασία | look, appearance, presentation, display; showy... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φᾰντᾰ́ζω | make visible; to make visible, show; to become... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 11 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |