Etymograph

English

fanwankery

From fan + wankery.

A compound of fan + wankery

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 Synonym of fanwank.

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

Etymograph / fanwankery