Where does “פַנְטַזְיָה” come from?
פַנְטַזְיָה (Hebrew) comes from Polish fantazja, from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς, from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω, from Ancient Greek φαίνω, from English -type, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.
Ancestry of “פַנְטַזְיָה”, step by step
פַנְטַזְיָה traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish fantazja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | fantazja | imagination |
| 2 | Latin | phantasia | fancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φαντασία | look, appearance, presentation, display; showy... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φᾰντᾰ́ζω | make visible; to make visible, show; to become... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 7 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Russian фанта́зия
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | фанта́зия | fantasy imagining |