Where does “fête” come from?
fête (Norman) comes from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.
fête (Norman): holiday
Ancestry of “fête”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | feste | party; celebration; feast |
| 2 | Late Latin | festa | party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | fēsta | — |
| 4 | Latin | festum | a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast |
| 5 | Latin | fēstus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fēstos | — |