Where does “banquet” come from?
Banquet comes from Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto, from Italian banco meaning bench, from Old High German bank, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg-.
banquet (English): A large celebratory meal; a feast; A dessert; a...
Definitions
- A large celebratory meal; a feast; A dessert; a...
Ancestry of “banquet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | banket | — |
| 2 | Middle French | banquet | — |
| 3 | Italian | banchetto | feast, banquet; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 5 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 6 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 7 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |