Where does “feasta” come from?
feasta (Irish) comes from Middle English feeste, from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.
feasta (Irish): from now on, henceforth
Definitions
- from now on, henceforth
Ancestry of “feasta”, step by step
feasta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English feeste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | feeste | feast |
| 2 | Old French | feste | party; celebration; feast |
| 3 | Late Latin | festa | party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | fēsta | party, feast |
| 5 | Latin | festum | a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast |
| 6 | Latin | fēstus | Of or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fēstos | — |