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Where does “feiste” come from?

feiste (Irish) comes from Middle English feste, from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

feiste (Irish): arrangement, fastening

Definitions

  1. arrangement, fastening

Ancestry of “feiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfestefeast
2Old Frenchfesteparty; celebration; feast
3Late Latinfestaparty; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...
4Latinfēsta—
5Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
6Latinfēstus—
7Proto-Italicfēstos—

Words derived from “feiste”

  • feistigh
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