Where does “fanfare” come from?

Fanfare comes from French fanfare, derived from Arabic فَرْفَار, a word for a flourish of trumpets or loud noise.

fanfare (English): A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a...

Definitions

  1. A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a...

Ancestry of “fanfare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfanfarefanfare
2Arabicفَرْفَار—

Words derived from “fanfare”

Every word from Arabic فَرْفَار →Every word from French fanfare →