Etymograph

English

fanmeeting

From fan + meeting.

A compound of fan + meeting

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- ‘to encounter’

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Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan ‘to meet’

Old English mētan ‘to meet’

Old English mēting ‘meeting’

Middle English meeting

English meeting

Today it means

noun An event, especially in South Korea and Japan, at which fans can meet a pop group.

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

Etymograph / fanmeeting