Etymology

fic

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Today it means: A fictional story set within a preexisting fandom; a fanfic. Full definition →

English fanfic ← French fanatiqueinflu. ← Latin fānāticu
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The story

  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. Englishfiction
  11. Englishfan fiction
  12. Englishfanfic
  13. English todayfic

Clipping of fanfic, itself a clipping of fan fiction.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.