English

fankid

From fan + kid.

A compound of fan + kid

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 *kidją ‘goatling’

Old Norse kið ‘young goat’

Middle English kide ‘kid’

English kid

Today it means

noun An enthusiastic or obsessive fan.

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