Etymograph

English

fanware

From fan + -ware.

A compound of fan + -ware

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 software or collected media written by or for fans of something, e.g. tools for tracking sports statistics

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

Etymograph / fanware