From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foun, feon, from Vulgar Latin *fetonem, accusative of *feto, from Latin fētus ("offspring, young"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ("to suckle, nurse")
From Middle English fawnen, from Old English fahnian, fagnian, fæġnian. Akin to Old Norse fagna. See also fain.
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