Etymograph

English

fangtastic

Punning blend of fang + fantastic.

A blend of fang + fantastic

Proto-Germanic *fanhaną ‘to take, to seize’

Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han ‘to take, to seize’

Old English fōn ‘to catch, take, seize’

Old English fengtōþ ‘molar tooth’

Middle English *fangtooth

English fang

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 Excellent in a manner involving fangs.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fangtastic