Where does “festoyer” come from?

festoyer (French) comes from Old French festeer, from Old French fester, from Medieval Latin festare.

festoyer (French): to feast, banquet

Definitions

  1. to feast, banquet

Ancestry of “festoyer”, step by step

festoyer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French festeer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfesteer—
2Old Frenchfester—
3Medieval Latinfestare—

via Vulgar Latin *festizāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*festizāre—

Words derived from “festoyer”

Every word from Medieval Latin festare →Every word from Old French fester →Every word from Old French festeer →