Etymograph

English

fanship

From fan + -ship.

Formed from fan + -ship

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Today it means

noun fandom

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

Etymograph / fanship