Etymology

fanware

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Today it means: software or collected media written by or for fans of something, e.g. tools for tracking sports statistics Full definition →

English softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru
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The story

  1. Englishfanatic
  2. Englishfancyinflu.
  3. Englishfan
  4. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  5. Old Englishsōfte
  6. Middle Englishsofte
  7. Englishsoft
  8. Proto-Germanic*warō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  10. Old Englishwaru
  11. Middle Englishware
  12. Englishsoftwarebf.
  13. English todayfanware

From fan + -ware.

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