fanatic

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 352 words | Copyright

fanatic †frenzied, as through divine or demonic possession XVI; marked by excessive enthusiasm XVIII; sb. †(religious) maniac; unreasoning enthusiast XVII. — F. fanatique or L. fānāticus pert. to a temple, inspired by a deity, frenzied. f. fānum temple, FANE; see -ATIC.
Also fanatical XVI. Hence fanaticism XVII.

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