The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰask-“bundle, band”
- Latin · borrowed fromfascia“a band, bandage, swathe”
- English todayfascia
Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle, band”). Cognate with fajita, fess, and fascism.
Words from the same roots
Latinfascia all →
Proto-Indo-European*bʰask- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.