Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗In a fancy manner; fancily.
The imagination. · An image or representation of anything formed in the mind. · An opinion or notion formed without much reflection. · A whim.
From Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fantasia, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.
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- Root classification mention*bʰeh₂- (shine)ine-pro
- Derivation mentionfansyenm
- Derivation mentionfantasiefro
- Derivation mentionφαντασίαgrc
- Derivation mention*bʰh₂nyétiine-pro
- Doublet mentionfantasiaen
- Doublet mentionfantasyen
- Doublet mentionphantasiaen
- Doublet mentionphantasyen
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