Etymology

unfantastical

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Today it means: Not fantastical. Full definition →

English fantastical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French fantastique
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  11. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  12. Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
  13. Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
  14. Late Latinphantasticus
  15. Middle Frenchfantastique
  16. Englishfantastic
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. Englishfantastical
  20. English todayunfantastical

From un- + fantastical.

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