Where does “curtainfic” come from?

curtainfic (English) comes from English curtain, from Middle English curteyn, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cortina, from Latin cortem, from Latin cors, from Latin cohors — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

curtainfic (English): Fan fiction which focuses on mundane situations...

Definitions

  1. Fan fiction which focuses on mundane situations...

Ancestry of “curtainfic”, step by step

curtainfic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English curtain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcurtainA piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to...
2Middle Englishcurteyn
3Old Frenchcortinecurtain
4Late Latincortinacauldron; curtain; curtain
5Latincortinacauldron, kettle; the sacred tripod of Apollo,...
6Latincortemaccusative singular of cōrs
7LatincorsAlternative form of cohors; farmyard or...
8Latincohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or...
9Latinco-allomorph of con-
10Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
11Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
12Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
13Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt
17Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
18Old High Germankuti
19Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
20Proto-Germanickweduzresin
21Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
22Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English fic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishficA fictional story set within a preexisting...
2Englishfanficfan fiction; a work of fan fiction
3Englishfan fictionAmateur fiction created by fans, incorporating...
4EnglishfictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative...
5Middle EnglishficciounAn invention or fabrication
6Old Frenchficciondissimulation, ruse, invention
7Latinfictiofashioning, forming, formation; fiction
8Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
9Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-