Where does “festa” come from?

festa (Old Portuguese) comes from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

Ancestry of “festa”, step by step

festa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin festa

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

via Vulgar Latin festa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfesta—

Words derived from “festa”

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