fan

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Someone who admires and strongly supports a person, team, or activity.

   She is a huge fan of the local football team.

2. 2
   noun

   A machine or held object that moves air to cool people or things.

   He switched on the fan because the room was hot.

3. 3
   verb

   To move air toward someone or something, especially to cool it.

   She fanned herself with a magazine in the heat.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Italic *faznom Latin fānum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic English fancyinflu. English fan Clipping of fanatic, originally in US baseball slang. Possibly influenced by fancy (“group of sport or hobby enthusiasts”), i.e. fancy boy (“fan”).

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