English
fanne
Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from fan + French -e (feminine suffix).
Formed from fan + -e
Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’
Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’
Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’
Middle English fan
English fan
The story
Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from fan + French -e (feminine suffix).
Today it means
noun A female science fiction fan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fanne