Where does “fan fiction” come from?
fan fiction (English) comes from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
fan fiction (English): Amateur fiction created by fans, incorporating...
Definitions
- Amateur fiction created by fans, incorporating...
Ancestry of “fan fiction”, step by step
fan fiction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fiction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 2 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 3 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 4 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |