Etymology

phantasmagory

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French phantasmagorie ← Ancient Greek φάντασμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφάντασμα“ghost”
  2. French · borrowed fromphantasmagorie
  3. English todayphantasmagory

From French phantasmagorie, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “ghost”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak publicly”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchphantasmagorie all →

phantasmagoria

Ancient Greekφάντασμα all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.