phan / phen / fan
to show, appear
Greek · phainein (φαίνω)
Greek phainein 'to show, bring to light, appear'. Phan- and phen- words are about appearing: a phenomenon is something that appears, a phantom appears as a ghost, a fantasy shows pictures in the mind.
Memory trick
A PHANtom APPEARS from nowhere: PHAN means to show or appear.
Words from this root
- phenomenon (phenomen + on) — something observed or appearingघटना, परिघटना
- phenomenal (phenomen + al) — remarkable, extraordinaryअसाधारण
- phantom (phant + om) — a ghost or unreal imageप्रेत, भूत
- fantasy (fant + asy) — imaginary pictures in the mindकल्पना, ख़याली पुलाव
- fantastic (fantas + tic) — unreal; wonderfulशानदार, अद्भुत
- fancy (fan + cy) — imagination; to likeकल्पना, पसंद करना
- epiphany (epi + phany) — sudden showing of truthअचानक ज्ञान प्राप्ति
- diaphanous (dia + phan + ous) — light, see-throughपारदर्शी, झीना
- phenotype (pheno + type) — visible traits of an organismदृश्य लक्षण-प्रकार