Etymograph

English

fanlation

Blend of fan + translation.

A blend of fan + translation

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Latin trānsferō ‘to transfer, translate’

Latin trānslātiō ‘transfer; translation’

Anglo-Norman translacioun

Middle English translacioun ‘transfer, translation’

English translation

Today it means

noun Translation by fans.

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

Etymograph / fanlation