Where does “festa” come from?

festa (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese festa, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

festa (Galician): festival; party; holiday; festivity

Definitions

  1. festival; party; holiday; festivity

Ancestry of “festa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefesta—
2Late Latinfestaparty; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...
3Latinfēstaparty, feast
4Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
5LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
6Proto-Italicfēstos—

Words derived from “festa”

Every word from Proto-Italic fēstos →Every word from Latin fēstus →Every word from Latin festum →