English
scientifantasy
Blend of scientific + fantasy.
A blend of scientific + fantasy
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
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Ancient Greek φαντασία ‘apparition’
Latin phantasia ‘imagination’
Old French fantasie
Middle English fantasie ‘the faculty of imagination’
English fantasy
first attested First attested in 1937 (as stated in Wiktionary’s etymology)
The story
First attested in 1937.
Today it means
noun Synonym of stfsy.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “scientifantasy”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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