Where does “festum” come from?

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

festum (Latin): a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast

Definitions

  1. a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast

Ancestry of “festum”, step by step

festum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fēstus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
2Proto-Italicfēstos—

via Proto-Italic fēs-tos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicfēs-tos—

Words derived from “festum”

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