fantasia=الفنتازيا

fantasia=الفنتازيا

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

fantasia (n.)

"musical composition that sounds extemporaneous," 1724, from It. fantasia, from L. phantasia (see fantasy).

fantasy (n.)

early 14c., "illusory appearance," from O.Fr. fantaisie (14c.) "vision, imagination," from L. phantasia, from Gk. phantasia "appearance, image, perception, imagination," from phantazesthai "picture to oneself," from phantos "visible," from phainesthai "appear," in late Greek "to imagine, have visions," related to phaos, phos "light," phainein "to show, to bring to light" (see phantasm). Sense of "whimsical notion, illusion" is pre-1400, followed by that of "imagination," which is first attested 1530s. Sense of "day-dream based on desires" is from 1926.