Etymology

supertastic

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Today it means: Great; excellent; wonderful. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  10. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  11. Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
  12. Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
  13. Late Latinphantasticus
  14. Middle Frenchfantastique
  15. Englishfantastic
  16. English todaysupertastic

From super- + -tastic.

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