fan

• vt. 扇動する；刺激する；風を送る
• vi. 扇状に広げる；はためかせる
• n. ファン；扇風機；熱狂者
• n. （扇）人の名前；（仏語、ロシア語）ファーン；（カンボジア語）ファン

PIE*weの「吹く」から。擬音語で、語源的には風と同じ。

fanatic（熱狂的な、取り付かれた）の略。一般的な語源はfan、扇風機、野球の俗語で、暑い中、扇風機を持って観戦する人のこと。

fan

fan: English has two words fan. By far the older [OE] came from Latin vannus; it originally meant ‘device for winnowing grain’, and its now familiar sense ‘handheld device for creating a cooling draught’ did not develop until the 16th century. Its characteristic semicircular shape gave rise to the term fanlight [19] (since applied to a rectangular window above a door). Fan ‘supporter’ is short for fanatic. There is a one-off example of its use in the 17th century, in New news from Bedlam 1682, but the origins of the modern word were in late 19th-century America, where it was used for sports supporters.

fan (n.1)

device to make an air current, Old English fann (West Saxon) "a basket or shovel for winnowing grain" (by tossing it in the air), from Latin vannus, perhaps related to ventus "wind" (see wind (n.1)), or from PIE root *wet- (1) "to blow" (also "to inspire, spiritually arouse;" see wood (adj.)).

The chaff, being lighter, would blow off. Sense of "device for moving air" first recorded late 14c.; the hand-held version is first attested 1550s. A fan-light (1819) was shaped like a lady's fan. The automobile's fan-belt is from 1909. Fan-dance is from 1872 in a Japanese context; by 1937 as a type of burlesque performance.

fan (n.2)

"devotee," 1889, American English, originally of baseball enthusiasts, probably a shortening of fanatic, but it may be influenced by the fancy, a collective term for followers of a certain hobby or sport (especially boxing); see fancy (n.). There is an isolated use from 1682, but the modern word likely is a late 19c. formation. Fan mail attested from 1920, in a Hollywood context; Fan club attested by 1930.

Before the close of the republic, an enthusiastic partisan of one of the factions in the chariot races flung himself upon the pile on which the body of a favourite coachman was consumed, and perished in the flames. [Lecky, "European Morals"]

fan (v.)

late Old English fannian "to winnow (grain)," from the noun (see fan (n.1)). Meaning "to stir up air" is from early 15c. Baseball sense of "strike out (a batter)" is by 1909. Related: Fanned; fanning. To fan out "spread out like a hand-held fan," is from 1590s.

1. As a boy he was a Manchester United fan .

子供の頃、彼はマンチェスター?ユナイテッドのファンだった。

2.If you 're a Billy Crystal fan ，you 'lllove this movie.

ビリー?クリストのファンであれば、この映画が好きになります。

3.He has charmed most of them into membership of his fan club.

彼は魅力を発揮し、彼らの大部分の人を支持者の仲間入りさせた。

4.He cools himself in front of an electric fan .

彼は扇風機の前で少し涼しくしています。

5.The air is sucked out by a high-powered fan .

強力ファンによって空気を吸い出す。