Where does “fanoun” come from?

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

fanoun (Middle English): Alternative form of fanon

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of fanon

Ancestry of “fanoun”, 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 “fanoun”

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