English
fanwise
From fan + -wise.
Formed from fan + -wise
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
adj In a radial arrangement resembling a hand-held fan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fanwise