fagotto

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English

Etymology

From Italian fagotto. So called from being divided into parts for ease of carrying, making it a sort of small bundle or fagot. Doublet of fagot and faggot.

Noun

fagotto (plural fagottos or fagottoes or fagotti)

  1. (music, dated) The bassoon.

References

Italian

Etymology

Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Latin fascis (bundle of wood), or perhaps from Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, bundle).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

fagotto m (plural fagotti)

  1. bundle, sack
  2. (figurative) clumsy or awkward person, a klutz or goofball
  3. (music) bassoon

Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: Fagott
  • Russian: фаго́т (fagót) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ fagotto1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ fagotto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)