Etymology

craptastic

C3R1A1P3T1A1S1T1I1C3

Today it means: Of extremely poor quality. Full definition →

English fantastic ← Middle French fantastique ← Late Latin phantasticus
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The story

  1. Old Dutchkrappen
  2. Old Frenchcrappe
  3. Middle Frenchcrape
  4. Middle Englishcrappe
  5. Englishcrap
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  9. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  10. Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
  11. Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
  12. Late Latinphantasticus
  13. Middle Frenchfantastique
  14. Englishfantastic
  15. English todaycraptastic

From crap + -tastic.

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