Where does “ファン・フィクション” come from?

ファン・フィクション (Japanese) comes from English fan fiction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

ファン・フィクション (Japanese): fan fiction

Definitions

  1. fan fiction

Ancestry of “ファン・フィクション”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfan fictionAmateur fiction created by fans, incorporating...
2EnglishfictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative...
3Middle EnglishficciounAn invention or fabrication
4Old Frenchficciondissimulation, ruse, invention
5Latinfictiofashioning, forming, formation; fiction
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ