English

fanpetal

From fan + petal.

A compound of fan + petal

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 *pet-

Proto-Hellenic *pétalos

Ancient Greek πέταλος ‘broad, flat’

Ancient Greek πέταλον ‘leaf of plant, flower, or tree’

English petal

Today it means

noun Any of various flowering plants of the genus Sida in the mallow family.

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

Etymograph / fanpetal