Etymology

fantastico

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Today it means: fantastic Full definition →

Italian fantastico ← Late Latin phantasticus
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromphantasticus“imaginary”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromfantastico“fantastic”
  3. English todayfantastico

From Italian fantastico (“fantastic”), from Late Latin phantasticus (“imaginary”). Doublet of fantastic and fantastique.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinphantasticus all →

fantastic

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