myEtymology.com: French etymology of fantasy

Etymology of the French word fantasy

the Old French word fantasy

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-

English fantasy

Word found in Old French