Where does “festiviteit” come from?
festiviteit (Dutch) comes from Old French festivité, from Latin festivitas, from Latin fēstīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
festiviteit (Dutch): festivity
Ancestry of “festiviteit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | festivité | — |
| 2 | Latin | festivitas | festivity, merriment, joy, mirth; kind demeanour,... |
| 3 | Latin | fēstīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |