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Italian word fascio comes from Latin fascia (Band, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon.), Proto-Indo-European *bhasko

fascia (Latin)

Band, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon.

*bhasko (Proto-Indo-European)

fascio (Latin)

(rare) I envelop with bands, swathe.

fascis (Latin)

(usually in plural) A bundle carried by lictors before the highest magistrates, consisting of rods and an axe, with which criminals were scourged and beheaded.. A burden, load.. A fagot, fascine; bundle, packet, package, parcel.. A high office, like the consulship.

fascio (Italian)

(anatomy) fasciculus, bundle. (mathematics) sheaf. (slang) a fascist. Beam (of light). Bunch (of flowers). Bundle (of wood). Fasces (especially in plural). Fascism. Sheaf (of hay).

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