myEtymology.com: English etymology of phantasmal

Etymology of the English word phantasmal

the English word phantasmal

derived from 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-

using the English suffix -al

derived from the Latin suffix -alis

Word found in Modern English