fantasy (something fanciful) · fantasy (something created by the imagination) · idea, desire, feeling
çekim: çoğul fantaisies
köken: Inherited from Old French fantaisie, fantasie (“imagination”), from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), of φαντάζεσθαι (phantázesthai), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνεσθαι (phaínesthai, “appear”). Doublet of fantasy.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Vulgar Latin capus Old Italian capo Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗrder. Latin ērīcius Old Italian riccio Old Italian caporiccio Italian capriccio From earlier caporiccio, from capo + riccio, literally “curly head”. People believed that curly hair was a sign for a capricious and unruly character.
fancy, whim (fanciful impulse or whimsical idea) · caprice (unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes) · capriccio (piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character)
köken: Unknown. Possibly from oikea (“straight; right”), formed when, for example, a draught (or pulling) animal has refused to follow the desired path and continued straight ahead. Possibly related to oivaltaa, compare päähänpisto.