Where does “fēsta” come from?

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

fēsta (Latin): party, feast

Definitions

  1. party, feast

Ancestry of “fēsta”, step by step

fēsta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin festum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
2LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
3Proto-Italicfēstos—

via Classical Latin festum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast

Words derived from “fēsta”

Every word from Proto-Italic fēstos →Every word from Latin fēstus →Every word from Latin festum →