English
fasciation
Fasciation comes from French fasciation.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfasciation
- Englishearliest quotation 1658same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfasciation
- Englishearliest quotation 1658same form
Earliest quotation: 1658, Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial: “[…] able to break the fasciations and bands of…”
Every English word from French fasciation
Today it means
noun The binding up of a limb, etc., with bandages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French fasciation / fasciation