Where does “festi” come from?
festi (Esperanto) comes from Italian festa, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.
festi (Esperanto): to celebrate
Ancestry of “festi”, step by step
festi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian festa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | festa | feast |
| 2 | Late Latin | festa | party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | fēsta | party, feast |
| 4 | Latin | festum | a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast |
| 5 | Latin | fēstus | Of or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fēstos | — |
via German fëst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | fëst | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | fëst | — |
Words derived from “festi”