English

Twifan

Blend of twilight + fan.

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

Middle English twilight

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Today it means

noun A fan of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.

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