Where does “unfanciable” come from?
unfanciable (English) comes from English fanciable, from English fancy, from French fantaisie, from German Phantasie, from Italian fantasticare, from Spanish fantasear, from Spanish fantasía, from Latin phantasia — to push, to hit.
unfanciable (English): Not fanciable
Definitions
- Not fanciable
Ancestry of “unfanciable”, step by step
unfanciable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fanciable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fanciable | Able to be fancied; sexually attractive |
| 2 | English | fancy | The imagination; An image or representation of... |
| 3 | French | fantaisie | fantasy; imagination; fantasia |
| 4 | German | Phantasie | — |
| 5 | Italian | fantasticare | to daydream; to fantasize |
| 6 | Spanish | fantasear | to fantasize |
| 7 | Spanish | fantasía | fantasy; costume jewellery; make-believe |
| 8 | Latin | phantasia | fancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φαντασία | look, appearance, presentation, display; showy... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | φᾰντᾰ́ζω | make visible; to make visible, show; to become... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 13 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |