Where does “fanfilm” come from?

fanfilm (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.

fanfilm (English): A film created by fans and based around their...

Definitions

  1. A film created by fans and based around their...

Ancestry of “fanfilm”, step by step

fanfilm 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 Film

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity
2Russianфильмfilm, movie
3EnglishfilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a...
4Middle Englishfilmefilm, membrane
5Old Englishfilmenmembrane; caul; foreskin
6Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-
7Proto-Germanic*filmīn-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos