Where does “fagginess” come from?
fagginess (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.
fagginess (English): Quality of being faggy
Ancestry of “fagginess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 9 | Latin | fascia | band, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰasḱ- | bundle, heap, load |