Fane
/feɪn/noun
A temple or shrine, especially in literary or archaic use.
Did you know?Fane comes from Latin *fanum*, a consecrated temple, which is also behind words like *profane*—literally, what is “before/outside the temple.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dheh₁-
“to set, put, place”
Latin
Latin
fanum
“a temple or sacred place”
Late Latin
Latin
fānum
“a consecrated shrine or temple”
Old French
Old French
fane
“a temple or shrine”
Middle English
English
fane
“a temple, sanctuary, or sacred building”
Modern English
English
fane
“a temple or shrine, usually in literary or archaic use”