Where does “feast” come from?
Feast comes from Middle English feeste, from Old French feste, from Latin festum, ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁-.
feast (English): A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature;...
Definitions
- A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature;...
Ancestry of “feast”, step by step
feast traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English feeste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | feeste | feast |
| 2 | Old French | feste | party; celebration; feast |
| 3 | Late Latin | festa | party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | fēsta | party, feast |
| 5 | Latin | festum | a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast |
| 6 | Latin | fēstus | Of or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fēstos | — |
via Middle English fest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fest | to feast |