Where does “fanon” come from?

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

fanon (Romanian): dewlap

Definitions

  1. dewlap

Ancestry of “fanon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfanondewlap; wattle; baleen plate; baleen
2Middle Frenchfanon—
3Old Frenchfanon—
4Medieval Latinfanodative singular of fānum; ablative singular of...
5Frankishfanocloth
6Proto-Germanicfanôcloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpān-fabric
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanô →Every word from Frankish fano →