Where does “fangdom” come from?

fangdom (English) comes from English Fang, from English fangtooth, from Middle English fangtooth, from Old English fengtōþ, from Old English fōn, from Old Norse fanga, from Middle Low German vangen, from Proto-Germanic fangōną — he, she.

fangdom (English): The community or sphere of vampires

Definitions

  1. The community or sphere of vampires

Ancestry of “fangdom”, step by step

fangdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Fang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFangA people of western Africa
2EnglishfangtoothA beryciform fish of the monotypic family...
3Middle Englishfangtoothfang, canine
4Old Englishfengtōþcanine tooth
5Old Englishfōnto take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make...
6Old Norsefangato fetch, capture
7Middle Low Germanvangencaptive; to catch
8Proto-Germanicfangōnąto catch, capture
9Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she

via English fandom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfandomThe fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc.,...
2EnglishFanA diminutive of Frances
3EnglishfanaticFanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...
4Frenchfanatiquefanatic, fanatical; fanatic
5Latinfānāticustemple
6Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
7Latin-ātused
8Proto-Italic-ātos
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Chichewa iye