Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are quite correct Marc. The bundled ax and twigs indeed date back to the Roman Empire. However, "fascismo" is a 20th century term thus my translation from Italian rather than Latin. Joseph Codispoti Between two evils I will chose the one I have not experienced before - ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 4:25 PM Subject: [Leica] Etymologies >At 04:07 PM 4/14/99 -0700, Joseph Codispoti wrote: >>The word fascism comes for "fascio" which means fagot in Italian. Now, >>before jumping to fascism, please check fagot in the dictionary. > >Well, a quick gander through any standard Latin dictionary would expand >Signore Codispoti's knowledge a bit. "Fascism" comes from the Latin >"fascis", which means a fagot and more -- the axe-blade came extra ... > >Marc > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > >