English
fanfilm
From fan + film.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’
Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’
Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’
Middle English fan
English fan
Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- ‘membrane’
Proto-Germanic *filmīn- ‘thin skin, membrane’
Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-
Old English filmen ‘film, membrane, thin skin’
Middle English filme ‘film’
English film
Today it means
noun A film created by fans and based around their topic of interest.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fanfilm