Where does “fantasiakirjallisuus” come from?
fantasiakirjallisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish fantasia, from Latin fantasia, from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς, from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω, from Ancient Greek φαίνω, from English -type — to push, to hit.
fantasiakirjallisuus (Finnish): fantasy literature
Definitions
- fantasy literature
Ancestry of “fantasiakirjallisuus”, step by step
fantasiakirjallisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish fantasia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fantasia | fantasy |
| 2 | Latin | fantasia | Alternative form of phantasia |
| 3 | Latin | phantasia | fancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φαντασία | look, appearance, presentation, display; showy... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φᾰντᾰ́ζω | make visible; to make visible, show; to become... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 8 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Finnish kirjallisuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjallisuus | literature |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjallinen | written; literary |
| 3 | Finnish | -llinen | Forms adjectives that indicate time; Forms... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |