Etymograph

English

fanpire

Blend of fan + vampire.

A blend of fan + vampire

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

German Vampir

French vampire

English vampire

Today it means

noun A fan of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.

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

Etymograph / fanpire