Where does “fasces” come from?

Fasces comes from Latin fasces, plural of fascis, traced to Proto-Indo-European bʰask-, meaning to bind or tie together.

fasces (English): A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting...

Definitions

  1. A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting...

Ancestry of “fasces”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfascēs
Every word from Latin fascēs
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