Where does “fandom” come from?
Fandom derives from English fan, itself from English fanatic, which combines Latin fanum meaning temple with Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to place or put.
fandom (English): The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc.,...
Definitions
- The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc.,...
Ancestry of “fandom”, step by step
| 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 |