Etymology

faja

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Today it means: A type of waist trainer or corset used to shape the waist. Full definition →

Spanish faja ← Aragonese faixa ← Latin fascia
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  1. Latinfascia
  2. Aragonesefaixa
  3. Spanishfaja
  4. English todayfaja

Borrowed from Spanish faja (“corset”), from Aragonese faixa, inherited from Latin fascia. Doublet of fajita, fascia, and fess.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.