Etymology

Pokéfan

Today it means: A fan or enthusiast of Pokémon. Full definition →

English fan ← French fanatiqueinflu. ← Latin fānāticu
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*puhô
  2. Frankish*pokō
  3. Old Frenchpoche
  4. Anglo-Normanpoket
  5. Middle Englishpocket
  6. Englishpocket
  7. Japaneseポケット
  8. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*man-eje-
  11. Proto-Italic*moneō
  12. Proto-Italic*monestrom
  13. Latinmōnstrum
  14. Old Frenchmonstre
  15. Middle Englishmonstre
  16. Englishmonster
  17. Japaneseモンスター
  18. Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
  19. Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
  20. EnglishPokémonclip.
  21. EnglishPoké-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  24. Proto-Italic*faznom
  25. Latinfānum
  26. Latinfānāticu
  27. Frenchfanatiqueinflu.
  28. Englishfanatic
  29. Englishfancyinflu.
  30. Englishfan
  31. English todayPokéfan

From Poké- + fan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.