Etymology of the English word fancify
the English word
fancifyderived from the English word
fancyderived from the Latin word
phantasia (fancy, imagined situation; mental image; phase)
derived from the Greek word
phantasia, φαντασία ((properly abstract) a (vain) show ('fantasy'))
derived from the Greek word
phantazein, φαντάζω (to make apparent; to appear (neuter participle as noun, a spectacle))
derived from the Greek word
phantosderived from the Late Greek word
phainein, φαίνω (to display; to show)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bha-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhā-using the English suffix
-fyderived from the Old French suffix
-fierderived from the Latin word
facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhē-Usage
Word found in Modern English
