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Where does “phantascope” come from?

phantascope (English) comes from English phantasm, from Old French fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα, from Ancient Greek φαντάζω, from Ancient Greek φαίνω, from English -type, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.

phantascope (English): An optical instrument or toy, resembling the...

Definitions

  1. An optical instrument or toy, resembling the...

Ancestry of “phantascope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphantasmSomething seen but having no physical reality; a...
2Old Frenchfantasme—
3Latinphantasmaimage, appearance; apparition, spectre, phantom
4Ancient Greekφάντασμαphantom, apparition, ghost; vision, dream;...
5Ancient Greekφαντάζωto show; to make visible; to place before one's...
6Ancient GreekφαίνωI cause to appear, bring to light; I show,...
7English-typeimpressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used...
8Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
9Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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