English
fascin
Fascin comes from Latin fascis ‘bundle’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfascis‘bundle’
- Englishtodayfascin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfascis‘bundle’
- Englishtodayfascin
Formed from -in
Linked words
through Latin fascis ‘bundle’
Today it means
noun An actin-bundling protein.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fascis / fascin