Where does “fête” come from?
Fête comes from French fête, from Middle French feste, from Latin festum, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁-.
fête (English): Alternative spelling of fete
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of fete
Ancestry of “fête”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fête | winter holidays; party; name day |
| 2 | Middle French | feste | party, celebration; feast |
| 3 | Old French | feste | party; celebration; feast |
| 4 | Late Latin | festa | party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | fēsta | — |
| 6 | Latin | festum | a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast |
| 7 | Latin | fēstus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fēstos | — |