myEtymology.com: English etymology of fantasia

Etymology of the English word fantasia

the English word fantasia

derived from the Italian word fantasia

derived 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 phantos

derived 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-

The earliest known usage of fantasia in English dates from the 18th century.

Word found in Modern English