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Where does “festa” come from?

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

festa (Late Latin): party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...

Definitions

  1. party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...

Ancestry of “festa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfēsta—
2Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
3Latinfēstus—
4Proto-Italicfēstos—

Words derived from “festa”

  • feast
  • fete
  • fiesta
  • fête
  • festoon
  • feaster
  • feastful
  • beanfeast
  • festoonery
  • feasteth
  • feastest
  • feastlike
  • feastless
  • festoony
  • feastware
  • outfeast
  • love feast
  • festejar
  • fiestero
  • narcofiesta
  • fiesta
  • aguafiestas
  • festoneado
  • festón
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