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Comment on Bing translate got it spot on

I was wondering if “fanatic” ironically could have come from the French language. Looking at the etymology I’m now wondering if “fanum tax” stems from Latin.

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Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
www.etymonline.com/word/fan

“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.

Looking up etymologies always teaches something new. Now I can’t stop thinking of “fans” as “fanciers” basically.

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BotCheese@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
From what i recall fanum is a dude on twitch, who would take bites of other people’s food or something like that, thus it became called the fanum tax.

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- degen@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah, I saw that synopsis under the knowyourmeme result lol. There’s always that one friend/relative. Kind of funny there’s never really been a phrase for it before.
  
  Still, I like the thought of it meaning everyone has that one food they really like and will steal a bite if anyone gets it.
  
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  - SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I mean, the dad tax has always been a thing.
    
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