English
fawner
From fawn + -er.
A compound of fawn + -er
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle, nurse’
Latin fētus ‘offspring, young’
Vulgar Latin *fētōnem ‘young animal’
Old French faon
Middle English fawne
English fawn
Today it means
noun One who fawns; a sycophant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fawner