Where does “fanatic” come from?

Fanatic comes from Latin fanaticus, derived from Latin fanum meaning temple, with the Latin suffix -icus, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots -kos and dʰeh₁-.

fanatic (English): Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...

Definitions

  1. Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...

Ancestry of “fanatic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfanatiquefanatic, fanatical; fanatic
2Latinfānāticustemple
3Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “fanatic”

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