Etymology

fanwear

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Today it means: apparel or accessories worn by fans of something, e.g. a sports team Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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The story

  1. Englishfanatic
  2. Englishfancyinflu.
  3. Englishfan
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  6. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  8. Old Englishwerian
  9. Middle Englishweren
  10. Englishwear
  11. English todayfanwear

From fan + -wear.

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