Where does “nu är fan lös” come from?
nu är fan lös (Swedish) comes from Swedish fan, from English Fan, from English fanatic, from French fanatique, from Latin fānāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
nu är fan lös (Swedish): now the trouble starts, now the shit has hit the fan
Definitions
- now the trouble starts, now the shit has hit the fan
Ancestry of “nu är fan lös”, step by step
nu är fan lös traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fan | the devil, Satan; damn; fan |
| 2 | English | Fan | A diminutive of Frances |
| 3 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 4 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 5 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 6 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |