Etymology

fanal

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French fanal ← Ancient Greek φανάριον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφανάριον
  2. French · borrowed fromfanal
  3. English todayfanal

Borrowed from French fanal, from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.