Etymology

superfan

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Today it means: An extremely dedicated fan (enthusiast). Full definition →

English fan ← French fanatiqueinflu. ← Latin fānāticu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  9. Proto-Italic*faznom
  10. Latinfānum
  11. Latinfānāticu
  12. Frenchfanatiqueinflu.
  13. Englishfanatic
  14. Englishfancyinflu.
  15. Englishfan
  16. English todaysuperfan

From super- + fan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.