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English word origin

Etymology of Fanta

Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

A brand of fruit-flavoured carbonated drink produced by the Coca-Cola Company.

noun

A serving of this drink.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Marketing coinage, derived from German Fantasie (“imagination”), which employees were exhorted to use in inventing a name for the new drink.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Czech Fanta, from the phrase fantit se (“to go crazy”), from fant (“crazy, eccentric person”), probably borrowed from German Fant (“dandy, inexperienced person”). * Borrowed from Amharic ፋንታ (fanta).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mentionFantacs
  • Derivation mentionFantde · dandy, inexperienced person
  • Borrowed-form mentionፋንታam
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

The Fantasia potion, an in-game consumable for modifying player character appearance.

verb

To modify a player character's appearance via a Fantasia potion.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From a clipping of fantasia.

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