Etymology

fanta

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German Fantasie
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Fanta · proper noun, noun1

  1. German · derived fromFantasie“imagination”
  2. English todayFanta

Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink.

Fanta · proper noun2

  1. Amharic · borrowed fromፋንታ
  2. German · derived fromFant“dandy, inexperienced person”
  3. Czech · borrowed fromFanta
  4. English todayFanta

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Czech Fanta, from the phrase fantit se (“to go crazy”), from fant (“crazy, eccentric person”), probably borrowed from German Fant (“dandy, inexperienced person”). * Borrowed from Amharic ፋንታ (fanta).

Fanta · noun, verb3

From a clipping of fantasia.

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