phantasm

英 ['f?nt?z(?)m] 美['f?nt?z?m]
  • n. 幻想,幽靈;錯(cuò)覺(jué);空想

中文詞源


phantasm 鬼魂,幽靈,幻覺(jué),幻影

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)phantasma,幽靈,鬼魂,來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)phantasma,影象,幻象,來(lái)自phainein,出現(xiàn),來(lái)自PIE*bha,照明,光照,詞源同beacon,phase.

英文詞源


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].