Where does “fantasie” come from?
fantasie (French) comes from French fantasier, from French fantaisie, from German Phantasie, from Italian fantasticare, from Spanish fantasear, from Spanish fantasía, from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία — to push, to hit.
fantasie (French): Alternative form of fantasy; first-person...
Definitions
- Alternative form of fantasy; first-person...
Ancestry of “fantasie”, step by step
fantasie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fantasier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fantasier | to imagine |
| 2 | French | fantaisie | fantasy; imagination; fantasia |
| 3 | German | Phantasie | — |
| 4 | Italian | fantasticare | to daydream; to fantasize |
| 5 | Spanish | fantasear | to fantasize |
| 6 | Spanish | fantasía | fantasy; costume jewellery; make-believe |
| 7 | Latin | phantasia | fancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φαντασία | look, appearance, presentation, display; showy... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | φᾰντᾰ́ζω | make visible; to make visible, show; to become... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 12 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |