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> "Fascism" etimology is from "Fasci di combattimento" the political party founded by Mussolini. No it's not. It derives from the word "fasces".
by hartpuff 10y ago
> "Fascism" etimology is from "Fasci di combattimento" the political party founded by Mussolini.
No it's not. It derives from the word "fasces".
- alberto_ol 10y agothe word 'fasces' does not exist in Italian. From the Italian Treccani dictionary fascismo s. m. [der. di fascio]. – Movimento politico italiano che trasse origine e nome dai Fasci di combattimento fondati nel 1919 da B. Mussolini
- hartpuff 10y ago> the word 'fasces' does not exist in Italian. The word "fascism" does not exist in Italian either. We're using English and anglicised words. The "Fasces" is a group of rods tied together with an axe, dating back to ancient Italian/Roman times, and comes from the Latin fascis ("bundle"). The word fascism no more derives from a political party (which simply pulled the word out of nowhere, did it?) than the words "democrat", "republican" or "communist" do.