Etymology

fest

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Today it means: A gathering for a specified reason or occasion. Full definition →

German Fest ← Middle High German fëst ← Latin festum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁stos
  4. Proto-Italic*θēstos
  5. Proto-Italic*fēstos
  6. Latinfēstus
  7. Latinfestum
  8. Middle High Germanfëst
  9. GermanFest
  10. English todayfest

Borrowed from German Fest (“feast, festival, party”), from Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum, from which last are also English feast, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta (see these).

Words from the same roots

GermanFest all →

-fest

Latinfestum all →

feastfestal

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.