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Where does “feste” come from?

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

feste (Middle English): feast

Definitions

  1. feast

Ancestry of “feste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfesteparty; celebration; feast
2Late Latinfestaparty; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...
3Latinfēsta—
4Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
5Latinfēstus—
6Proto-Italicfēstos—

Words derived from “feste”

  • feast
  • feaster
  • feastful
  • beanfeast
  • feasteth
  • feastest
  • feastlike
  • feastless
  • outfeast
  • feastware
  • love feast
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