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Where does “fantastic” come from?

Fantastic comes from Middle French fantastique, from Late Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂- meaning to shine or appear.

fantastic (English): Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or...

Definitions

  1. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or...

Ancestry of “fantastic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfantastiquefantastic
2Spanishfantásticofantastic
3Italianfantasticofantastic; fabulous, imaginary, imaginative,...
4Latinphantasticusimaginary
5Ancient Greekφανταστικός—
6Ancient Greek-τικόςrelating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,...
7Ancient Greek-σιςAdded to verb stems to form abstract nouns or...
8Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
9Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “fantastic”

  • fantastical
  • fantastically
  • fantasticality
  • fantasticalness
  • unfantastic
  • fantasticism
  • fantod
  • fantasticness
  • superfantastic
  • fanfuckingtastic
  • fantasticly
  • fanfreakingtastic
  • fandabidozi
  • unfantastical
  • nonfantastic
  • fantasticity
  • ファンタスティック
  • fantastika
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