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Hallucination

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the perception of something not actually present, often a symptom of illness
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Stage 1 of 2
alucinari
Latin · ancient
"to wander in mind"
to wander in mind, to dream while awake
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Stage 2 of 2
hallucination
English · 1600s
"perceiving something that isn't actually present"
settled as the English word for perceiving something not actually present
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