English

fanzone

From fan + zone: Originally a capitalized brand name for an official version of the sports venue and for the website.

A compound of fan + zone

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 *yoh₃snéh₂

Ancient Greek ζώνη ‘belt, sash, girdle’

Latin zōna ‘belt’

English zone

The story

From fan + zone: Originally a capitalized brand name for an official version of the sports venue and for the website.

noun A website that allows fans to chat, post commentary, link to feeds of games, etc, as well as the option to view fan commentary from such a site.

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