Where does “fantasie” come from?
fantasie (Middle English) comes from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin 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.
fantasie (Middle English): the faculty of imagination
Definitions
- the faculty of imagination
Ancestry of “fantasie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | fantasie | fantasy |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | fantasia | Alternative form of phantasia |
| 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 |