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Where does “fani” come from?

fani (Finnish) 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.

fani (Finnish): fan

Definitions

  1. fan

Ancestry of “fani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFan—
2EnglishfanaticFanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a...
3Frenchfanatiquefanatic, fanatical; fanatic
4Latinfānāticus—
5Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
6Latin-ātus—
7Proto-Italic-ātos—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “fani”

  • fanius
  • fanittaa
  • faniklubi
  • fanittaja
  • jalkapallofani
  • turrifani
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