English

fanhouse

From fan + house.

A compound of fan + house

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Today it means

noun The building housing a fan that ventilates a mine.

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

Etymograph / fanhouse