phantasm

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1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
4. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
5. Ancient Greekφᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō)
6. Ancient Greekφάντασμα (phántasma)
7. Latinphantasma
8. Old Frenchfantosme
9. Middle Englishfantome
10. Englishphantom
11. English todayphantasm

A learned variant of phantom; from Middle English fantosme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma). Doublet of phantom.

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