fan
Middle English
/fan/
noun
Definitions
- A mechanism or device for removing chaff from grain (i.e. winnowing).
- A training or practice shield manufactured out of twigs or wickerwork.
- (rare) A fan; a device for blowing air as to cool.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fann (a winnowing, fan) derived from Latin vannus (winnowing basket, a van, fan for winnowing grain, a winnowing basket, or fan for winnowing grain).
Origin
Latin
vannus
Gloss
winnowing basket, a van, fan for winnowing grain, a winnowing basket, or fan for winnowing grain
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Trekfan English
- anti-fan English
- bifan English
- confan English
- eofan English
- fakefan English
- fan English
- fan oven English
- fan-assisted oven English
- fan-blast English
- fanac English
- fanart English
- fanbearer English
- fanbelt English
- fanblog English
- fanboy English
- fanbrat English
- fancam English
- fancruft English
- fandom English
- fandumb English
- fanfest English
- fanfilm English
- fanflower English
- fanfold English
- fanfoot English
- fangame English
- fangirl English
- fanhood English
- fanjet English
- fanleaf English
- fanless English
- fanlike English
- fanling English
- fanlisting English
- fanmade English
- fanmix English
- fanner English
- fannish English
- fanout English
- fanpetal English
- fanservice English
- fanship English
- fansite English
- fanskate English
- fanspeak English
- fansplain English
- fanstuff English
- fantail English
- fantailed English
- fantard English
- fanvid English
- fanwank English
- fanwankery English
- fanware English
- fanwear English
- fanwise English
- fanwork English
- fanwort English
- fanwriter English
- fanwriting English
- fringefan English
- furfan English
- litfan English
- lolfan English
- mediafan English
- megafan English
- neofan English
- nonfan English
- propfan English
- railfan English
- refan English
- subfan English
- superfan English
- tailfan English
- transfan English
- turbofan English
- uberfan English
- zinefan English
- fani Finnish
- ad- Latin
- fānāticus Latin
- vannus Latin
- fan Italian
- vanni Italian
- fan Dutch, Flemish
- wan Dutch, Flemish
- fan French
- van French
- фан Russian
- fan Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- abano Portuguese
- fã Portuguese
- fan Polish
- fann Old English
- fannian Old English
- fanne Middle English
- fannen Middle English
- vanne Middle English
- abano Galician
- แฟน Thai
- wannen Middle Dutch
- wanna Old High German
- fan hâm mộ Vietnamese
- 팬 Korean
- *watnos Proto-Italic