noun, feminine/fas/plural: fasces
fess
Borrowed (in this form) from Latin fascia. The Old French form faisse, fece, which underwent "re-Latinized" spelling in modern French, was popularly inherited.
/fas/
fess
Borrowed (in this form) from Latin fascia. The Old French form faisse, fece, which underwent "re-Latinized" spelling in modern French, was popularly inherited.