Where does “feeste” come from?

feeste (Middle English) comes from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

feeste (Middle English): feast

Definitions

  1. feast

Ancestry of “feeste”, step by step

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

Words derived from “feeste”

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