Where does “fiesta” come from?

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

fiesta (Spanish): party; feast; feast day

Definitions

  1. party; feast; feast day

Ancestry of “fiesta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishfiestaparty
2Latinfēstaparty, feast
3Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
4LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
5Proto-Italicfēstos—

Words derived from “fiesta”

Every word from Proto-Italic fēstos →Every word from Latin fēstus →Every word from Latin festum →