English
fanwright
From fan + wright.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’
Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’
Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’
Middle English fan
English fan
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’
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Proto-West Germanic *wurhti ‘deed, act’
Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō ‘worker, workman’
Old English wyrhta ‘worker, maker’
Middle English wrighte
English wright
Today it means
noun A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fanwright