Etymology

fanaticism

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Today it means: The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic. Full definition →

English fanatic ← French fanatiqueinflu. ← Latin fānāticu
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  3. Proto-Italic*faznom
  4. Latinfānum
  5. Latinfānāticu
  6. Frenchfanatiqueinflu.
  7. Englishfanatic
  8. English todayfanaticism

From fanatic + -ism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.