Where does “Fanmeile” come from?

Fanmeile (German) comes from German Fan, from English Fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Fanmeile (German): a area specially designated for football fans,...

Definitions

  1. a area specially designated for football fans,...

Ancestry of “Fanmeile”, step by step

Fanmeile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFanfan, devotee
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

via German Meile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeilemile; league
2Middle High Germanmīle
3Old High Germanmīlamile
4Latinmīlia
5Proto-West Germanicmīlijumile
6LatinMīllethousand; 1000
7Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos
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