Where does “fanboy” come from?
fanboy (English) comes from English Fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
fanboy (English): A male fan who is obsessive about a particular...
Definitions
- A male fan who is obsessive about a particular...
Ancestry of “fanboy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Fan | — |
| 2 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 3 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 4 | Latin | fānāticus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 6 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |
Words derived from “fanboy”