Where does “ファンアート” come from?
ファンアート (Japanese) comes from English fanart, from English Art, from Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, from Latin ars, from Proto-Italic artis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂értis — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ファンアート (Japanese): fanart
Ancestry of “ファンアート”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fanart | Artwork created unofficially by fans of a book,... |
| 2 | English | Art | — |
| 3 | Middle English | art | Second-person singular present indicative form of... |
| 4 | Old French | art | art |
| 5 | Latin | artem | accusative singular of ars; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |