Where does “Fantasyroman” come from?

Fantasyroman (German) comes from German Fantasy, from English fantasy, from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς — to push, to hit.

Fantasyroman (German): fantasy novel

Definitions

  1. fantasy novel

Ancestry of “Fantasyroman”, step by step

Fantasyroman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fantasy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFantasyfantasy
2EnglishfantasyThat which comes from one's imagination; The...
3Middle Englishfantasiethe faculty of imagination
4Old Frenchfantasiefantasy
5Medieval LatinfantasiaAlternative form of phantasia
6Latinphantasiafancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,...
7Ancient Greekφαντασίαlook, appearance, presentation, display; showy...
8Ancient Greekφᾰ́ντᾰσῐς
9Ancient Greekφᾰντᾰ́ζωmake visible; to make visible, show; to become...
10Ancient GreekφαίνωI cause to appear, bring to light; I show,...
11English-typeimpressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used...
12Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
13Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
14Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
15Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via German roman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanromannovel
2FrenchromanRomance; romanesque; A novel
3Old FrenchromanzOld French; a story in Old French; account
4Latinrōmānicēin the Roman manner
5Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-Every word from Ancient Greek τύπτω