Where does “phantasm” come from?
Phantasm comes from Old French fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα, derived from φαντάζω and ultimately φαίνω meaning to appear or show.
phantasm (English): Something seen but having no physical reality; a...
Definitions
- Something seen but having no physical reality; a...
Ancestry of “phantasm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | fantasme | — |
| 2 | Latin | phantasma | image, appearance; apparition, spectre, phantom |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φάντασμα | phantom, apparition, ghost; vision, dream;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φαντάζω | to show; to make visible; to place before one's... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 6 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |