English
fascio
Fascio comes from Italian fascio ‘bundle (of wood)’, and goes back to Latin fascis ‘a faggot, fascine’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfascis‘a faggot, fascine’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfascio‘bundle (of wood)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1913same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfascis‘a faggot, fascine’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfascio‘bundle (of wood)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1913same form
Earliest quotation: 1913, Proceedings of the London Mathematical S: “The surfaces contain two fasci of curves — first,…”
Linked words
through Italian fascio ‘bundle (of wood)’
Today it means
noun A bundle or sheaf.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fascis / fascio