English

Fannibal

Blend of fan + Hannibal.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 ‘May the Lord (Baal) grace me’

Latin Hannibal

Today it means

noun A fan of the American television series Hannibal and/or of the fictional character Hannibal Lecter.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Fannibal