Where does “festă” come from?

festă (Romanian) comes from Italian festa, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

festă (Romanian): prank

Definitions

  1. prank

Ancestry of “festă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfestafeast
2Late Latinfestaparty; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...
3Latinfēstaparty, feast
4Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
5LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
6Proto-Italicfēstos—
Every word from Proto-Italic fēstos →Every word from Latin fēstus →Every word from Latin festum →