Etymology

docufantasy

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Today it means: A fictional programme presented as a documentary. Full definition →

English fantasy ← Middle English fantasie ← Old French fantasie
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  4. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  5. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  6. Latindoceō
  7. Latindocumentum
  8. Frenchdocument
  9. Frenchdocumentaire
  10. Englishdocumentary
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  13. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  14. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  15. Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
  16. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs)
  17. Ancient Greekφαντασία (phantasía)
  18. Latinphantasia
  19. Old Frenchfantasie
  20. Middle Englishfantasie
  21. Englishfantasy
  22. English todaydocufantasy

Blend of documentary + fantasy.

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