Found out that "faggot", "fascist", and "fajita" are cognates (that's the word that means they share the same origin, something I also didn't know)
Similarly fun fact: The words "sycophant," "fantasy," and "theophany" all come from the same Greek root phan- meaning to show.
In the case of "sycophant," the original Greek is "sykophantes" meaning "one who shows the fig"
From the Etymology Dictionary:
"Showing the fig" was a vulgar gesture made by sticking the thumb between two fingers, a display which vaguely resembles a fig, itself symbolic of a vagina (sykon also meant "vulva"). The modern accepted explanation is that prominent politicians in ancient Greece held aloof from such inflammatory gestures, but privately urged their followers to taunt their opponents
- coprophagia and sarcophagus from the root phag- meaning "to eat"
- pedantic and pedophile from the root ped- meaning "child"
- assault and somersault from the Latin saltus meaning "to jump"
- haruspex and inspect from the Latin spec meaning "to look at"