Where does “festival” come from?

Festival derives from Latin festivalis, adjective form of festivus meaning "of a feast," from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰeh₁- meaning "to place or put."

festival (English): Pertaining to a feast or feast-day; An event or...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a feast or feast-day; An event or...

Ancestry of “festival”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfestival—
2LatinfēstīvālisOf or pertaining to a festival
3Latinfēstīvuslively, festive, joyous, gay, merry
4Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “festival”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin fēstīvus →