English
fabtastic
Blend of fab + fantastic.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
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Latin fābula ‘discourse, narrative’
Latin fābulōsus ‘fabled, fabulous, legendary’
Middle English fabulous
English fabulous
English fab
Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-n-yé-ti
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Ancient Greek φαντάζω ‘to show, make visible’
Ancient Greek φανταστικός ‘able to produce the appearance of something’
Late Latin phantasticus
Middle French fantastique
English fantastic
Today it means
adj Fabulous and fantastic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fabtastic