English

Trekfan

From Trek + fan.

Formed from Trek + fan

Proto-Indo-European *dreg- ‘to drag, scrape’

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Old Dutch *trekkan

Middle Dutch trekken

Dutch trekken

Afrikaans trek ‘to haul’

English Trek

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

The story

For the irregular plural, compare trufan.

noun Synonym of Trekkie.

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