Where does “Batfan” come from?
Batfan (English) comes from English Batman, from Ottoman Turkish بطمان, from Proto-Turkic batmān, from Middle Persian ptmʾn', from Proto-Iranian pati-, from Proto-Iranian *rādi-, from Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HraHdʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Batfan (English): A fan of the Batman comic-book franchise
Definitions
- A fan of the Batman comic-book franchise
Ancestry of “Batfan”, step by step
Batfan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Batman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Batman | An intensifier for interjections created with the... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بطمان | A unit of weight varying by location, time, and... |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | batmān | — |
| 4 | Middle Persian | ptmʾn' | measure, period; moderation; treaty |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English Fan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fan | A diminutive of Frances |
| 2 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 3 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 4 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 5 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 6 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |