Where does “eeuwfeest” come from?
eeuwfeest (Dutch) comes from Dutch feest, from Middle Dutch fêeste, from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.
eeuwfeest (Dutch): centennial
Definitions
- centennial
Ancestry of “eeuwfeest”, step by step
eeuwfeest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch feest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | feest | party; feast; celebration |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | fêeste | feast, holiday |
| 3 | Old French | feste | party; celebration; feast |
| 4 | Late Latin | festa | party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | fēsta | party, feast |
| 6 | Latin | festum | a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast |
| 7 | Latin | fēstus | Of or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fēstos | — |
via Dutch eeuw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | eeuw | century, 100 years; many years; a very long time,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | êwe | era |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ēwa | law |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | aiw | long time, age, eternity; law |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | aiwaz | long time, age, eternity |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |