Festivus
English
/ˈfɛstɪvəs/
proper noun
Definitions
- A nondenominational holiday featured in a episode, now celebrated (seriously or otherwise) on December 23rd.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fēstīvus (festive, joyous, pleasing) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeh₁-
Gloss
put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
哺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bibliothecary English
- defect English
- deficient English
- deficit English
- edification English
- edify English
- epenthesis English
- ethic English
- ethical English
- ethnic English
- etho- English
- ethos English
- facility English
- fact English
- factor English
- familiar English
- fanatic English
- infect English
- liquefaction English
- olfactory English
- proficient English
- sanctify English
- significance English
- signify English
- simplification English
- simplify English
- stupefaction English
- stupefy English
- sufficient English
- synthesize English
- theist English
- theo- English
- tuomio Finnish
- *infectiō Latin
- -fico Latin
- -ficātiō Latin
- -ifico Latin
- -ifico, -ificare Latin
- -ificāre Latin
- abdo Latin
- abscondō Latin
- addo Latin
- aedificium Latin
- aedifico Latin
- afficere Latin
- afficio Latin
- arefacio Latin
- beatificus Latin
- benefacio Latin
- beneficium Latin
- beneficus Latin
- clārificāre, clarifico, clārificō Latin
- condicio Latin
- conditio Latin
- condo Latin
- conficio Latin
- cōnfectiōnem Latin
- cōnfectus Latin
- cōnsuētus Latin
- damnificus Latin
- deficio Latin
- dido Latin
- difficilis Latin
- dis- Latin
- effectus Latin
- effectīvus Latin
- efficientem Latin
- efficio Latin
- facere Latin
- facienda Latin
- facies Latin
- facilis Latin
- facilitātem Latin
- faciō, facere, facio Latin
- factiō Latin
- facto Latin
- factor Latin
- factum Latin
- factus Latin
- familia Latin
- fanaticus Latin
- festivitas Latin
- festiviter Latin
- festivus Latin
- festum Latin
- fānum Latin
- fēstīvus Latin
- fēstīvālis Latin
- hypothecatus Latin
- inficio Latin
- interficio Latin
- iustus Latin
- justus Latin
- laedo Latin
- liquefacere Latin
- malefacio Latin
- maleficus Latin
- mellificus Latin
- officio Latin
- perfectus Latin
- praefectus Latin
- praeficio Latin
- prodo Latin
- proficio Latin
- rarefacio Latin
- recondere Latin
- reconditus Latin
- reficio Latin
- reficiō Latin
- sacerdos Latin
- sacrificium Latin
- sacrifico Latin
- sanctifico Latin
- satisfacere Latin
- satisfactionis, satisfactio Latin
- scientificus Latin
- significans Latin
- significo Latin
- stupefacio Latin
- sufficio Latin
- sufficiō Latin
- thesēs Latin
- tribus Latin
- veneficus Latin
- verificatio Latin
- īnsolēns Latin
- Missetat German
- fatterello Italian
- festivo Italian
- steppificazione Italian
- confit French
- discothèque French
- festivo Spanish, Castilian
- verificar Spanish, Castilian
- Θησεύς Ancient Greek
- θέμα Ancient Greek
- θέμερος Ancient Greek
- θέμις Ancient Greek
- θέσεις Ancient Greek
- θέσις Ancient Greek
- θέσῐς Ancient Greek
- θήκη Ancient Greek
- θεματικός Ancient Greek
- θεολόγος Ancient Greek
- θεσμός Ancient Greek
- θετός Ancient Greek
- θεός Ancient Greek
- παρένθεσις Ancient Greek
- συνθετικός Ancient Greek
- συντίθημι Ancient Greek
- σύνθεσις Ancient Greek
- ἀνάθεμα Ancient Greek
- ἀνατίθημι Ancient Greek
- ἀντίθεσις Ancient Greek
- ἀποθήκη Ancient Greek
- ἐπίθετον Ancient Greek
- ἐπενθετικός Ancient Greek
- ἔθος Ancient Greek
- ὑπόθεσις Ancient Greek
- *-li- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰh₁-m-eló- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰh₁s-nóm, *dʰh₁snóm Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰé-dʰeh₁-ti, *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰédʰh₁i Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁s-yo- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Indo-European
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *stut- Proto-Indo-European
- *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *swe-dʰh₁-sk- Proto-Indo-European
- *swé Proto-Indo-European
- *tri-dʰh₁o- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- festivo Portuguese
- *dōmaz Proto-Germanic
- *dōmijaną Proto-Germanic
- *dōną Proto-Germanic
- *fradōmijaną Proto-Germanic
- *missadēdiz Proto-Germanic
- *weladēdiz Proto-Germanic
- दधाति Sanskrit
- didde Middle English
- don Middle English
- biskupsdómr Old Norse
- dómadagr Old Norse
- dómandi Old Norse
- dómari Old Norse
- dómsdagr Old Norse
- dœma Old Norse
- dœmandi Old Norse
- dœming Old Norse
- hertogadómr Old Norse
- hertogadœmi Old Norse
- jarldómr Old Norse
- *dělati Proto-Slavic
- *děti Proto-Slavic
- *dětę Proto-Slavic
- *děva Proto-Slavic
- *sǫdъ Proto-Slavic
- bienfet Old French
- clarification Old French
- festiu Catalan, Valencian
- beripikado Cebuano
- 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- טאָן Yiddish
- *dādi gmw-pro
- *dōm gmw-pro
- duon Old Dutch
- *ɸro-dīti, *ɸrodīti Proto-Celtic
- *-fakos Proto-Italic
- *-faks Proto-Italic
- *fakinos Proto-Italic
- *fakiō Proto-Italic
- -idė Lithuanian
- *dʰh₁-teh₂ Proto-Albanian
- *dḗˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- difiçilménte Ligurian
- senpliceménte Ligurian
- famel Oscan
- δακετ Phrygian
- dava Dacian