Re: "faggot" is related to the word "fasces" or "fascis"? And fascism & fascist?

On 8/3/2024 1:48 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2024-08-03, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> wrote:
 

The musical instrument known in English as a "bassoon" is known as "fagot"
in French and "faggot" in German. That is based on "bundle of rods".

 The German term is "Fagott".
 The NATO reporting name for the MiG-15 is "Fagot".  As far as I can
tell, all of those reporting names are taken from the wider English
lexicon.  It's not clear to me whether this one is a variant of
"faggot" (bundle of sticks or pieces of iron) or of "fagotto"
(bassoon), which are two options offered by Wiktionary.
 

Some authors in Japan use the term   [ファッショ]  fascio
                      it tends to be High-brow  or  Academic.
Maybe they do this to show off their knowledge of
Italian poli-sci-philosopher....  e.g.  Gramsci
ファッショ  とはどういう意味ですか？
             ファッシ（イタリア語: fasci：複数形）およびファッショ（イタリア語: fascio：単数形）は、イタリア語で「束」や、比喩的に「集団、連帯」を意味し、転じて19世紀末に多数の異なった（そしてしばしば相互に対立する）方向性を持った政治集団を指す語として使われた。