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English word fantasy comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) (pronounced phaínō, meaning: appear, shine), and later Old French (842-ca. 1400) fantasie (imagination, concept, idea)
φαίνω (Ancient Greek)
φαντός (Ancient Greek)
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 (English)
(literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize (about).. (obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like. (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.. (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.. A fantastical design.. That which comes from one's imagination.