Etymograph

English

fanwriting

From fan + writing.

A compound of fan + writing

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

Proto-Germanic *wrītaną ‘to scratch’

Proto-West Germanic *wrītan ‘to scratch’

Old English wrītan ‘to write’

Old English wrīting

Middle English writing

English writing

Today it means

noun The writing produced by a fanwriter.

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

Etymograph / fanwriting