Portuguese

/fɐ̃/

noun
Definitions
  • fan admirer or aficionado

Etymology

Borrowed from English fan (admirer, electrical device) derived from Latin fānāticus (temple related, frenzied, possessed, raving about, enthusiastic, fanatic, carried away by a god, divinely inspired).

Origin

Latin

fānāticus

Gloss

temple related, frenzied, possessed, raving about, enthusiastic, fanatic, carried away by a god, divinely inspired

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