Where does “aguafiestas” come from?

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

aguafiestas (Spanish): party pooper, wet blanket, spoilsport, killjoy

Definitions

  1. party pooper, wet blanket, spoilsport, killjoy

Ancestry of “aguafiestas”, step by step

aguafiestas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish fiesta

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

via Spanish aguar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaguarto water down, dilute
2Spanishaguawater; body of water; rain
3Old Spanishaguawater
4Latinaquawater
5Proto-Italicakʷāwater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ekʷeh₂water, flowing water
Every word from Proto-Italic fēstosEvery word from Latin fēstusEvery word from Latin festum
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