Where does “Fanon” come from?

Fanon (English) comes from English canon, from Middle English canoun, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Italian canna, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.

Fanon (English): A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass

Definitions

  1. A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass

Ancestry of “Fanon”, step by step

Fanon traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English canon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcanonA generally accepted principle; a rule; A group...
2Middle EnglishcanounEcclesiastical regulations; canon law
3Old Frenchcanontube; cannon
4Italiancannonecannon; ace; large tube or pipe
5Italiancannacane; barrel; rod
6LatincannaA reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;...
7Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
8Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
9Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length

via English Fan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFanA diminutive of Frances
2EnglishfanaticFanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...
3Frenchfanatiquefanatic, fanatical; fanatic
4Latinfānāticustemple
5Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Middle English fanon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfanonmaniple, fanon
2Old Frenchfanon
3Medieval Latinfanodative singular of fānum; ablative singular of...
4Frankishfanocloth
5Proto-Germanicfanôcloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpān-fabric

Words derived from “Fanon

Every word from Sumerian 𒄀