English
fascicule
Fascicule comes from French fascicule ‘fascicle’, from Latin fasciculus ‘a small bundle or package’, and ultimately from fascis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfascis‘bundle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfasciculus‘a small bundle or package’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfascicule‘fascicle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfascis‘bundle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfasciculus‘a small bundle or package’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfascicule‘fascicle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893same form
Earliest quotation: 1893, Charles Zimmerman, The Relation of the Ocular Nerves to the Brain: “Perlia advocates, however, the assumption that the posterior longitudinal…”
Linked words
through Latin fascis ‘bundle’
Today it means
noun An installment of a printed work, a fascicle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fascis / fascicule