Where does “festivitas” come from?
festivitas (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin festivitas, from Latin fēstīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
festivitas (Norwegian Nynorsk): festivity
Ancestry of “festivitas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | festivitas | festivity, merriment, joy, mirth; kind demeanour,... |
| 2 | Latin | fēstīvus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -īvus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |