myEtymology.com: English etymology of phantasm

Etymology of the English word phantasm

the English word phantasm

derived from the Old French word fantasme

derived from the Latin word phantasma (ghost; phantom; spirit)

derived from the Greek word phantasma, φάντασμα ((properly concrete) a (mere) show ('phantasm'); spectre)

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-

Word found in Modern English