Where does “fanon” come from?

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

fanon (Middle English): maniple, fanon

Definitions

  1. maniple, fanon

Ancestry of “fanon”, step by step

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