Etymograph

English

fanpol

Blend of fan + police.

A blend of fan + police

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 *tpelH- ‘fortification; city’

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Ancient Greek πολῑ́της ‘citizen’

Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ ‘citizenship; government’

Latin polītīa ‘state, government’

Middle French police ‘governance’

English police

Today it means

noun A fan who habitually tries to control others' fannish activity.

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

Etymograph / fanpol