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