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- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
- Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
- Late Latinphantasticus
- Middle Frenchfantastique
- English todayfantastic
Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique.
Words from the same roots
Late Latinphantasticus all →
fantastico
Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.