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Where does “fastus” come from?

fastus (Latin) comes from Latin fas, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.

fastus (Latin): allowed; A day on which courts sat; court...

Definitions

  1. allowed; A day on which courts sat; court...

Ancestry of “fastus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfasdictates of religion, divine law , or an...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂osutterance, saying
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

Words derived from “fastus”

  • fastidious
  • fastidiousness
  • fastidiously
  • fash
  • unfastidious
  • overfastidious
  • fastidium
  • fastuous
  • hyperfastidious
  • ultrafastidious
  • unfastidiously
  • unfastidiousness
  • fastuousness
  • fastidiar
  • fasta
  • fastidiosus
  • fastidium
  • fastidiens
  • fastiditurus
  • fastiditus
  • fastidiendus
  • fastidio
  • fasto
  • fastuosus
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