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
- festival; party; holiday; festivity
Ancestry of “festa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | festa | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | festa | party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | fēsta | — |
| 4 | Latin | festum | a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast |
| 5 | Latin | fēstus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fēstos | — |