English
fanling
From fan + -ling.
Formed from fan + -ling
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 An inexperienced fan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fanling