Etymograph

English

fanstuff

From fan + stuff.

A compound of fan + stuff

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

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Latin stuffa

Middle English stuf

English stuff

Today it means

noun material created by fans or enthusiasts, such as fanart and fan fiction

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

Etymograph / fanstuff