Where does “fanon” come from?

fanon (French) comes from Middle French fanon, from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fano, from Frankish fano, from Proto-Germanic fanô, from Proto-Indo-European pān- — fabric.

fanon (French): dewlap; wattle; baleen plate; baleen

Definitions

  1. dewlap; wattle; baleen plate; baleen

Ancestry of “fanon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfanon—
2Old Frenchfanon—
3Medieval Latinfanodative singular of fānum; ablative singular of...
4Frankishfanocloth
5Proto-Germanicfanôcloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpān-fabric

Words derived from “fanon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanô →Every word from Frankish fano →