Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. · An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. · The action of fanning; agitation of the air. · Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail or a leaf of fan coral.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise. · To slap (a behind, especially). · To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan. · To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
Inherited from Middle English fan, inherited from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), derived from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates * Latin ventus (“wind”) * Dutch wan (“winnowing basket”) * German Wanne (“winnowing basket”) * Swedish vanna (“a fan for winnowing”) * Old English windwian (“to fan, winnow”). More at winnow.
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