English
fantascience
Blend of fantastic + science or fantasy + science.
A blend of fantastic + science
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
Latin sciō ‘to know’
Latin sciēns ‘knowing’
Latin scientia ‘knowledge’
Old French science ‘knowledge’
Middle English science ‘a science’
English science
Today it means
noun A genre of fiction which combines scientific and fantastic elements.
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Etymograph / fantascience