Where does “phantasmic” come from?
phantasmic (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.
phantasmic (English): Like a phantasm; ghostly, unreal
Definitions
- Like a phantasm; ghostly, unreal
Ancestry of “phantasmic”, step by step
phantasmic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English phantasm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phantasm | Something seen but having no physical reality; a... |
| 2 | Old French | fantasme | — |
| 3 | Latin | phantasma | image, appearance; apparition, spectre, phantom |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φάντασμα | phantom, apparition, ghost; vision, dream;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φαντάζω | to show; to make visible; to place before one's... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 7 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |