Talk:fanatic
Add topicLatest comment: 18 years ago by Widsith in topic often religious
often religious
[edit]This definition seems inaccurate. Comparing other dictionaries, the religious association is downplayed, elsewhere.
- Changed. DAVilla 20:09, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Also: This may be a folk etymology, but I thought fanatic = fan + -atic...not the other way around.
--Connel MacKenzie 18:42, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
No, fan comes from fanatic. The word has always had religious connotations, coming as it does from Latin fanum ‘temple’. Widsith 06:36, 17 August 2006 (UTC)