fantasise

English

Alternative forms

• fantasize (US, Oxford British English)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō

Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)

Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía)bor.

Latin phantasia

Old French fantasiebor.

Middle English fantasie

English fantasy

English -ise

English fantasise

From fantasy + -ise.

Pronunciation

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Verb

fantasise (third-person singular simple present fantasises, present participle fantasising, simple past and past participle fantasised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fantasize.

   He's so hot. I used to fantasise about him constantly.

   • 2018 July 5, Elle Hunt, “Meet the Numtots: the millennials who find fixing public transport sexy”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 April 2021:

     “Yeah sex is cool, but have you ever fantasised about an infrastructure renewal program funded by the taxes of billionaires?” is a representative Numtot fantasy.

Derived terms

• fantasiser

Translations

fantasise — see fantasize

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