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Where does “fantasiosità” come from?

fantasiosità (Italian) comes from Italian fantasioso, from Italian 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.

fantasiosità (Italian): lively imagination

Definitions

  1. lively imagination

Ancestry of “fantasiosità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfantasiosoimaginative; fanciful, strange
2Italianfantasiaimagination, fantasy, whim, fancy; pattern;...
3Latinphantasiafancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,...
4Ancient Greekφαντασίαlook, appearance, presentation, display; showy...
5Ancient Greekφᾰ́ντᾰσῐς—
6Ancient Greekφᾰντᾰ́ζωmake visible; to make visible, show; to become...
7Ancient GreekφαίνωI cause to appear, bring to light; I show,...
8English-typeimpressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used...
9Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
10Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
12Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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