festa
Italian (Fiorentino)
/ˈfɛs.ta/
noun
Definitions
- feast
- holiday (civil)
- (in the plural) holidays British, vacation US
- fair (often in combination)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fēsta, fēstus (festive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰh₁s-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -fest English
- fest English
- festschrift English
- festum Latin
- fēsta Latin
- fēstum Latin
- fēstus Latin
- profestus Latin
- Erntedankfest German
- Fest German
- Festbier German
- Festessen German
- Festmahl German
- Festschmaus German
- Festschrift German
- Festzug German
- Frühlingsfest German
- Laubhüttenfest German
- Schützenfest German
- Straßenfest German
- Sängerfest German
- Volksfest German
- festlich German
- festaiolo Italian
- festeggiamento Italian
- festeggiare Italian
- festone Italian
- festosamente Italian
- festosità Italian
- festoso Italian
- rifesteggiare Italian
- feston French
- festejar Spanish, Castilian
- festón Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰh₁s- Proto-Indo-European
- フェスタ Japanese
- fest Danish
- feste Old French
- festo Esperanto
- fešta Serbo-Croatian
- fest Middle High German
- fëst Middle High German
- festoj Albanian
- festë Albanian
- festa Old Portuguese
- Fäscht Alemannic German
- Fëst Alemannic German
- festa Maltese
- fiesta Asturian
- fieste Friulian
- festa Old Occitan
- fiesta Old Spanish
- festa Venetian
- fiasta Dalmatian
- festa Ladin