Ideas terminology · Memory & imagination

phant- — Appearance or image

phant- means appearance or image. Ancient Greek source words and ideas terminology examples: fantasy.

Meaning and source words

Meaning: Appearance or image

• Ancient Greek: φαντασία (phantasia)

Examples and word parts

fantasy

An imagined scene or story that need not describe reality.

Word parts: fantasy comes through phantasia (appearance or imagination), related to phantazō (make visible).

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Related memory & imagination terms

• mnem/o — Memory

  mnemonic

• memor- — Memory

  memorandum

• imagin- — Image or likeness

  imagination

• myth/o — Story or traditional account

  mythology

• fabul- — Story or tale

  fable

• creat- — Making or bringing forth

  creative

• poet- — Maker or poet

  poet

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