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Where does “feistigh” come from?

feistigh (Irish) comes from Irish feiste, 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.

feistigh (Irish): fit; fix, secure; moor

Definitions

  1. fit; fix, secure; moor

Ancestry of “feistigh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishfeistearrangement, fastening
2Middle Englishfestefeast
3Old Frenchfesteparty; celebration; feast
4Late Latinfestaparty; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...
5Latinfēsta—
6Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
7Latinfēstus—
8Proto-Italicfēstos—
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