Where does “faggily” come from?
faggily (English) comes from English faggy, from English fag, from English faggot, from Middle English fagot, from Old French fagot, from Vulgar Latin facus, from Latin fascis, from Latin fasciō — bundle, heap, load.
faggily (English): In a faggy manner
Definitions
- In a faggy manner
Ancestry of “faggily”, step by step
faggily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English faggy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | faggy | Effeminate; homosexual; gay |
| 2 | English | fag | In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect... |
| 3 | English | faggot | A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be... |
| 4 | Middle English | fagot | A piece of wood for burning; firewood; A faggot... |
| 5 | Old French | fagot | fagot |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | facus | — |
| 7 | Latin | fascis | A faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package,... |
| 8 | Latin | fasciō | to envelop with bands, swathe |
| 9 | Latin | fascia | band, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰasḱ- | bundle, heap, load |