Etymology

floptastic

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Today it means: Of an attempt or endeavor, spectacularly unsuccessful. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishflop
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  5. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  6. Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
  7. Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
  8. Late Latinphantasticus
  9. Middle Frenchfantastique
  10. Englishfantastic
  11. English todayfloptastic

Blend of flop + fantastic, equivalent to flop + -tastic.

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