Where does “Trekfandom” come from?
Trekfandom (English) comes from English Trek, from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trek, from Middle Dutch trec, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.
Trekfandom (English): The fandom of the Star Trek science-fiction franchise
Definitions
- The fandom of the Star Trek science-fiction franchise
Ancestry of “Trekfandom”, step by step
Trekfandom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Trek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Trek | Abbreviation of Star Trek |
| 2 | Afrikaans | trek | to haul; to move; to pull |
| 3 | Dutch | trek | appetite; journey, migration; animal migration |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | trec | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English fandom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fandom | The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc.,... |
| 2 | English | Fan | A diminutive of Frances |
| 3 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 4 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 5 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 6 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |