Where does “фанфік” come from?
фанфік (Ukrainian) comes from English fanfic, from English fan fiction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
фанфік (Ukrainian): Fan fiction, written by other people who like an existing work
Definitions
- Fan fiction, written by other people who like an existing work
Ancestry of “фанфік”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fanfic | fan fiction; a work of fan fiction |
| 2 | English | fan fiction | Amateur fiction created by fans, incorporating... |
| 3 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 4 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 5 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 6 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |