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Where does “festoneado” come from?

festoneado (Spanish) comes from Spanish festón, from Italian festone, from Italian festa, from Late Latin festa, from Latin fēsta, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

festoneado (Spanish): sinuate

Definitions

  1. sinuate

Ancestry of “festoneado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfestónfestoon
2Italianfestonefestoon, streamer, paper chain; scallop, scollop
3Italianfestafeast; holiday; holidays , vacation
4Late Latinfestaparty; feast; nominative/accusative/vocative...
5Latinfēsta—
6Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
7Latinfēstus—
8Proto-Italicfēstos—
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