myEtymology.com: English etymology of phantom

Etymology of the English word phantom

the English word phantom

derived from the Old French word fantosme

derived from the Latin root *phantauma

derived from the Greek word dialectal *phantagma

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-

Dutch fantoom, French fantôme, German Phantom, Italian fantasma, Lithuanian fantomas, Norwegian fantom, Russian фантoм, Swedish fantom

Word found in Modern English