Etymology

fannish

F4A1N1N1I1S1H4

Today it means: Of or relating to a fan; characteristic of fandom. Full definition →

English fan ← 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. Englishfancyinflu.
  9. Englishfan
  10. English todayfannish

From fan + -ish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.