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English word fancy comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) φαντάζω, and later Old French (842-ca. 1400) fantasie (Fantasy (imagination; concept; idea).)
φαντάζω (Ancient Greek)
φαντάζεσθαι (Ancient Greek)
phantasia (Latin)
Fancy, idea, notion; fantasy. Imagination. Phantom, apparition. Phase (of the moon).
phantasia (Late Latin)
fantasia (Malayalam)
fantasie (Old French)
Fantasy (imagination; concept; idea).
fantasy (Middle English)
fancy (English)
(British) would like. (British, informal) To be sexually attracted to.. (dated) To imagine, suppose.. (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.. (obsolete) Extravagant; above [...]