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Where does “beano” come from?

beano (English) comes from English beanfeast, from English feast, from Middle English feeste, from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus.

beano (English): A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party; Any...

Definitions

  1. A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party; Any...

Ancestry of “beano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeanfeastA dinner party given to the employees of a firm;...
2EnglishfeastA very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature;...
3Middle Englishfeestefeast
4Old Frenchfesteparty; celebration; feast
5Late Latinfestaparty; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...
6Latinfēsta—
7Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
8Latinfēstus—
9Proto-Italicfēstos—
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