English

fringefan

From fringe + fan.

A compound of fringe + fan

Latin fimbriae ‘fibers, threads, fringe’

Vulgar Latin *frimbia

Old French frenge

Middle English frenge

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 science fiction fan primarily interested in a specific subset of fandom; a partial fan on the fringe of fandom.

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

Etymograph / fringefan