English
fagotto
Fagotto comes from Italian fagotto ‘bundle, sack’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin *facus.
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*facusreconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentfagotto‘bundle, sack’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*facusreconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentfagotto‘bundle, sack’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
So called from being divided into parts for ease of carrying, making it a sort of small bundle or fagot.
Linked words
through Latin fascis ‘bundle of wood’
Today it means
noun The bassoon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *facus / fagotto