Etymograph

English

Fennoman

From Fenno- + man.

Formed from Fenno- + man

Latin Fennus ‘Finn’

English Fenno-

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Today it means

noun A member or supporter of a nationalist political movement in 19th-century Finland that wanted to raise Finnish to the national language of the country.

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

Etymograph / Fennoman