Words that come from Latin “festum”

249 words across 41 languages descend from Latin festum — including feast, fete, festal, fiesta, fest, fête, festoon, festschrift.

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English (148)

Dutch (18)

German (10)

French (9)

Spanish (7)

Italian (6)

Esperanto (4)

Latin (3)

Swedish (3)

Portuguese (3)

Danish (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Middle French (2)

Middle English (2)

Occitan (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Middle High German (2)

Polish (1)

Asturian (1)

Catalan (1)

Ladin (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Indonesian (1)

Ido (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Friulian (1)

Japanese (1)

Konkani (1)

Galician (1)

Cebuano (1)

Old French (1)

Norman (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Malay (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Maltese (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Late Latin (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Old Spanish (1)