English
fantastika
Fantastika comes from Russian фантастика ‘fantasy, fabulousness’.
- Russianmodernфантастикаfantastika‘fantasy, fabulousness’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015fantastika
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Russianmodernфантастикаfantastika‘fantasy, fabulousness’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015fantastika
Earliest quotation: 2015, Simone Caroti, The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks: A Critical Introduction: “As literary figures in late 20th-century fantastika, the characters…”
Every English word from Russian фантастика
Today it means
noun speculative fiction
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian фантастика / fantastika