Etymograph

English

fantard

From fan + -tard.

A compound of fan + -tard

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 A stupid fan, especially one who gives the fandom a bad name or engages in wank or fanwank.

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

Etymograph / fantard