Etymograph

English

fanblog

From fan + blog.

A compound of fan + blog

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

English weblog

English blog

Today it means

noun A weblog operated by fans and dealing with their topic of interest.

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

Etymograph / fanblog