Where does “fancruft” come from?

fancruft (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 — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

fancruft (English): Trivial or excessively detailed information on a...

Definitions

  1. Trivial or excessively detailed information on a...

Ancestry of “fancruft”, step by step

fancruft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Fan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFanA diminutive of Frances
2EnglishfanaticFanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...
3Frenchfanatiquefanatic, fanatical; fanatic
4Latinfānāticustemple
5Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English Cruft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCruftAnything that is old or of inferior quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos