Where does “feria” come from?

feria (English) comes from Spanish feria, from Latin fēriae — a holy day; a festival; a holiday.

feria (English): A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast...

Definitions

  1. A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast...

Ancestry of “feria”, step by step

feria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish feria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishferiafair; street market; money, dinero
2Latinfēriaea holy day; a festival; a holiday

via Ecclesiastical Latin feria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical Latinferia
Every word from Latin fēriaeEvery word from Spanish feria