Where does “fantazio” come from?
fantazio (Esperanto) comes from French fantaisie, from German Phantasie, from Italian fantasticare, from Spanish fantasear, from Spanish fantasía, from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς — to push, to hit.
fantazio (Esperanto): fantasy
Definitions
- fantasy
Ancestry of “fantazio”, step by step
fantazio traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French fantaisie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fantaisie | fantasy; imagination; fantasia |
| 2 | German | Phantasie | — |
| 3 | Italian | fantasticare | to daydream; to fantasize |
| 4 | Spanish | fantasear | to fantasize |
| 5 | Spanish | fantasía | fantasy; costume jewellery; make-believe |
| 6 | Latin | phantasia | fancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φαντασία | look, appearance, presentation, display; showy... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φᾰντᾰ́ζω | make visible; to make visible, show; to become... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 11 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English fantasy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fantasy | That which comes from one's imagination; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | fantasie | the faculty of imagination |
| 3 | Old French | fantasie | fantasy |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | fantasia | Alternative form of phantasia |
via Italian fantasia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fantasia | imagination, fantasy, whim, fancy; pattern;... |