Where does “fast” come from?
fast (Romanian) comes from French faste, from Latin fastus, from Latin fas, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
fast (Romanian): splendour, pomp
Definitions
- splendour, pomp
Ancestry of “fast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | faste | splendour; pomp; auspicious |
| 2 | Latin | fastus | allowed; A day on which courts sat; court... |
| 3 | Latin | fas | dictates of religion, divine law (opp. iūs, human law), or an obligation thereunder |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂os | utterance, saying |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |