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Where does “faîte” come from?

faîte (French) comes from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

faîte (French): top, summit, pinnacle

Definitions

  1. top, summit, pinnacle

Ancestry of “faîte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfesteparty; celebration; feast
2Late Latinfestaparty; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...
3Latinfēsta—
4Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
5Latinfēstus—
6Proto-Italicfēstos—

Words derived from “faîte”

  • faîtage
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