English

femfan

Blend of female + fan.

A blend of female + fan

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle’

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Medieval Latin fēmella ‘a female’

Old French femele

Middle English femele

Middle English female

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

noun A female science fiction fan.

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