Where does “fantasticare” come from?
fantasticare (Italian) comes from Spanish fantasear, from Spanish fantasía, 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.
fantasticare (Italian): to daydream; to fantasize
Definitions
- to daydream; to fantasize
Ancestry of “fantasticare”, step by step
fantasticare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish fantasear
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | fantasear | to fantasize |
| 2 | Spanish | fantasía | fantasy; costume jewellery; make-believe |
| 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 Italian fantastico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fantastico | fantastic; fabulous, imaginary, imaginative,... |
| 2 | Latin | phantasticus | imaginary |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φανταστικός | able to produce the appearance of something |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |