Etymology

-tastic

Today it means: Fantastic; used to form adjectives conveying praise or celebration. Full definition →

English fantastic ← Middle French fantastique ← Late Latin phantasticus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  4. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  5. Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
  6. Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
  7. Late Latinphantasticus
  8. Middle Frenchfantastique
  9. Englishfantastic
  10. English today-tastic

Rebracketing of fantastic.

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