Where does “festejo” come from?

festejo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish festejo, from Spanish festejar, from Catalan festejar, from Vulgar Latin *festizāre.

Ancestry of “festejo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfestejocelebration
2Spanishfestejarto celebrate; to beat mercilessly
3Catalanfestejarto woo, to court
4Vulgar Latin*festizāre—

Words derived from “festejo”

Every word from Vulgar Latin *festizāre →Every word from Catalan festejar →Every word from Spanish festejar →