Where does “fiestă” come from?

fiestă (Romanian) comes from Spanish fiesta, from Old Spanish fiesta, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

fiestă (Romanian): fiesta

Definitions

  1. fiesta

Ancestry of “fiestă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfiestaparty; feast; feast day
2Old Spanishfiestaparty
3Latinfēstaparty, feast
4Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
5LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
6Proto-Italicfēstos
Every word from Proto-Italic fēstosEvery word from Latin fēstusEvery word from Latin festum