Etymograph

English

fansign

From fan + sign.

Formed from fan + sign

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Proto-Italic *segnom

Latin signum ‘a mark’

Old English seġn ‘sign’

Middle English signe

English sign

The story

Initially gained popularity in the sense of a photograph of a person with an inscription in 2012. Gained popularity in the sense of a meet-and-greet with a K-pop artist in 2016.

Today it means

noun A photograph of a person with an inscription (often on the body or a piece of paper) used on the Internet as an autograph of a celebrity or as a sign of love for a celebrity from a fan.

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

Etymograph / fansign