Etymograph

English

fanmag

Blend of fan (“an admirer or aficionado”) + magazine.

A blend of fan ‘an admirer or aficionado’ + magazine

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Arabic خَزَنَ ‘to store’

Arabic مَخْزَن ‘storeroom, storehouse’

Italian magazzino ‘warehouse, store’

Middle French magasin ‘warehouse, store’

Middle English magasyne

English magazine

Today it means

noun Magazine produced by amateurs for readers with a specific shared interest.

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

Etymograph / fanmag