Where does “fanon” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fanon”, step by step

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