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phantasia
Greek · ancient
"an appearance, imagination"
an appearance, or the mind's power to form images
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fantasie
Old French · medieval
"imagination, a whimsical idea"
carried into French for imagination and whimsical notions
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fantasy
English · 1300s
"imaginative fiction, or a fanciful idea"
settled as the word for imaginative or unreal ideas
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