Where does “feestvieren” come from?
feestvieren (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.
feestvieren (Dutch): to celebrate
Definitions
- to celebrate
Ancestry of “feestvieren”, step by step
feestvieren 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 vieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vieren | to celebrate; to let loose, to let go |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vieren | to celebrate (a religious holiday), to fulfill the duties of a holiday |
| 3 | Old Dutch | fīron | to rest, to take a day off |
| 4 | Latin | ferior | to rest from work, to keep holiday; first-person... |
| 5 | Latin | fēriae | a holy day; a festival; a holiday |