English

fadmonger

From fad + monger.

A compound of fad + monger

Old English ġefæd ‘order, decorum’

English fad

Latin mangō ‘dealer, trader’

Proto-West Germanic *mangārī ‘dealer, merchant, monger’

Old English mangere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Middle English mongere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Today it means

noun One who peddles fads or trends.

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

Etymograph / fadmonger