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Where does “faisse” come from?
faisse (Old French) comes from Latin fascia, from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ- — bundle, heap, load.
Ancestry of “faisse”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
fascia
band, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie
2
Proto-Indo-European
bʰasḱ-
bundle, heap, load
Words derived from “faisse”
fesser
fessa
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