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Where does “superfantastic” come from?

superfantastic (English) comes from English fantastic, from French fantastique, from Spanish fantástico, from Italian fantastico, from Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -τος — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

superfantastic (English): Very fantastic; wonderful

Definitions

  1. Very fantastic; wonderful

Ancestry of “superfantastic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfantasticExisting in or constructed from fantasy; of or...
2Frenchfantastiquefantastic
3Spanishfantásticofantastic
4Italianfantasticofantastic; fabulous, imaginary, imaginative,...
5Latinphantasticusimaginary
6Ancient Greekφανταστικός—
7Ancient Greek-τικόςrelating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,...
8Ancient Greek-τοςCreates perfective passive verbal adjectives;...
9Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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