Where does “after-banquet” come from?
after-banquet (English) comes from English banquet, from Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
after-banquet (English): Any form of entertainment that takes place following a banquet
Definitions
- Any form of entertainment that takes place following a banquet
Ancestry of “after-banquet”, step by step
after-banquet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English banquet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | banquet | A large celebratory meal; a feast; A dessert; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | banket | — |
| 3 | Middle French | banquet | — |
| 4 | Italian | banchetto | feast, banquet; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 6 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 7 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 8 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 9 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |