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
Ancestry of “faîte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | feste | party; celebration; 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 | — |
Words derived from “faîte”