Where does “fottifesti” come from?

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

fottifesti (Maltese): killjoy, buzzkill

Definitions

  1. killjoy, buzzkill

Ancestry of “fottifesti”, step by step

fottifesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maltese festa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesefestafeast, celebration
2Italianfestafeast
3Late Latinfestaparty; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...
4Latinfēstaparty, feast
5Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
6LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
7Proto-Italicfēstos

via Maltese fotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesefottato cheat, to deceive
Every word from Proto-Italic fēstosEvery word from Latin fēstusEvery word from Latin festum