Sujet : Re: "faggot" is related to the word "fasces" or "fascis"? And fascism & fascist?
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
Groupes : alt.usage.english sci.langDate : 03. Aug 2024, 21:48:46
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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.
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de