Ancient Greek

φαίνω

‘to shine’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek φαίνω.

54 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek φαίνω, most familiar first.

• fantasy ← fantasie ← fantasie ← phantasia ← φαντασία
• fancy ← fansy ← fantasie ← fantasia ← phantasia
• emphasis ← ἔμφασις ← ἐμφαίνω
• phenomenon ← phaenomenon ← φαινόμενον
• phantom ← fantome ← fantosme ← phantasma ← φάντασμα
• epiphany ← epiphanie ← epyphanie ← epiphania ← ἐπιφάνεια
• fantasia ← phantasia ← φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ ← φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς ← φᾰντᾰ́ζω
• phenomenology ← φαινόμενον
• phenol ← phène
• phenom ← phenomenon ← phaenomenon ← φαινόμενον
• phenomenally ← phenomenal ← phénoménal ← phénomène ← φαινόμενον
• tryptophan

More words from φαίνω

• phantasm
• diaphanous
• fantastico
• hierophant
• phasma
• phantasia
• phasmid
• phane
• aphantasia
• aphananthous
• autophanous
• coprophenomenon
• diaphanotype
• diaphanometer
• echophenomenon
• homophene
• hyperphantasia
• macrophanerophyte
• macrophenomenon
• mesophanerophyte
• metaphenomenon
• microphanerophyte
• microphenomenon
• myophan
• nanophanerophyte
• nanophenomenon
• phanerophyte
• phantasticum
• phantasmatography
• phene
• phasm
• phasmophobia
• phenomenic
• phenomenical
• phaneron
• protophenomenon
• pyrophane
• superphenomenon
• subphenomenon
• symphenomenon
• tonophant
• unphenomenal
• fantastic
• phase

Etymograph / Ancient Greek φαίνω