Where does “feste” come from?
feste (Old French) comes from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.
feste (Old French): party; celebration; feast
Definitions
- party; celebration; feast
Ancestry of “feste”, step by step
feste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin festa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | festa | party; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative... |
| 2 | Latin | fēsta | party, feast |
| 3 | Latin | festum | a holiday, festival; a banquet, feast |
| 4 | Latin | fēstus | Of or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fēstos | — |
via Frankish first
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Frankish | first | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | firstiz | ridgepole |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | perst- | — |
Words derived from “feste”