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Where does “fantastique” come from?

fantastique (Middle French) comes from Late Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “fantastique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinphantasticusimaginary
2Ancient Greekφανταστικός—
3Ancient Greek-τικόςrelating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,...
4Ancient Greek-σιςAdded to verb stems to form abstract nouns or...
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “fantastique”

  • fantastic
  • fantastical
  • fantastically
  • fantasticality
  • fantasticalness
  • unfantastic
  • fantasticism
  • fantod
  • fantasticness
  • superfantastic
  • fanfuckingtastic
  • fantasticly
  • fanfreakingtastic
  • nonfantastic
  • unfantastical
  • fandabidozi
  • fantasticity
  • ファンタスティック
  • fantastika
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