phantasm

英['fæntæz(ə)m] 美['fæntæzəm]
  • n. 幻想,幽灵;错觉;空想

中文词源


phantasm 鬼魂,幽灵,幻觉,幻影

来自拉丁语phantasma,幽灵,鬼魂,来自希腊语phantasma,影象,幻象,来自phainein,出现,来自PIE*bha,照明,光照,词源同beacon,phase.

英文词源


phantasm (n.)
early 13c., fantesme, from Old French fantosme "a dream, illusion, fantasy; apparition, ghost, phantom" (12c.), and directly from Latin phantasma "an apparition, specter," from Greek phantasma "image, phantom, apparition; mere image, unreality," from phantazein "to make visible, display," from stem of phainein "to bring to light, make appear; come to light, be seen, appear; explain, expound, inform against; appear to be so," from PIE root *bha- (1) "to shine" (cognates: Sanskrit bhati "shines, glitters," Old Irish ban "white, light, ray of light"). Spelling conformed to Latin from 16c. (see ph). A spelling variant of phantom, "differentiated, but so that the differences are elusive" [Fowler].