Reading about the PIE root helped me: the -phant originates from:
bhā-1 [=]
To shine.
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6. Extended and suffixed zero-grade form * bhə-n-yo‑.
fantasy, pant1, -phane, phantasm, phantom, phase, pheno-, phenomenon; diaphanous, emphasis, epiphany, glaucophane, hierophant, phaneritic, phanerogam, Phanerozoic, phantasmagoria, phosphene, sycophant, theophany, tiffany,
from Greek phainein, "to bring to light," cause to appear, show,
and phainesthai (passive), "to be brought to light," appear,
with zero-grade noun phasis (*bhə-ti‑), an appearance.
[Pokorny 1. bhā‑ 104.]
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