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Where does “fascis” come from?

fascis (Latin) comes from Latin fasciō, from Latin fascia, from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ- — bundle, heap, load.

fascis (Latin): A faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package,...

Definitions

  1. A faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package,...

Ancestry of “fascis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfasciō—
2Latinfasciaband, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰasḱ-bundle, heap, load

Words derived from “fascis”

  • fascist
  • fascism
  • faggot
  • fascicle
  • fasces
  • fascistic
  • fascine
  • antifascism
  • Islamofascism
  • neofascist
  • protofascist
  • fascicule
  • contrabassoon
  • neofascism
  • faggoty
  • postfascist
  • profascist
  • Islamofascist
  • fascicled
  • fagotto
  • Eurofascism
  • fascistization
  • prefascist
  • faggotry
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