English
fankind
From fan + -kind, possible punning on mankind.
Formed from fan + -kind
Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’
Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’
Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’
Middle English fan
English fan
Today it means
noun Fans collectively.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fankind