English
flabellum
Flabellum comes from Latin flabellum ‘fan’, from flābrum ‘breeze’, and ultimately from flō ‘to breathe, blow’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflō‘to breathe, blow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflābrum‘breeze’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflabellum‘fan’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflō‘to breathe, blow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflābrum‘breeze’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflabellum‘fan’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-
blow, blast, bliss, bladder, feeble, fluent, flux, confluence, fluency, blithely, blare, bleat, fluvial, blather, blasé, 44 more
through Latin flō ‘to breathe, blow’
inflation, flavor, inflate, flatulence, soufflé, conflate, 17 more
Today it means
noun A large fan used for religious ceremonies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flō / flabellum