fagotto

== 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) (music, dated) The bassoon. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “fagotto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Etymology === Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Latin fascis (“bundle of wood”), or perhaps from Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faˈɡɔt.to/ Rhymes: -ɔtto Hyphenation: fa‧gòt‧to === Noun === fagotto m (plural fagotti) bundle, sack (figurative) clumsy or awkward person, a klutz or goofball (music) bassoon ==== Derived terms ==== affagottare fare fagotto (“to run away”) ==== Descendants ==== → English: fagot, fagotto → German: Fagott → Old French: fagot (see there for further descendants) === References ===