Etymology

festoon

F4E1S1T1O1O1N1

Today it means: An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots. Full definition →

French feston ← Italian festone ← Late Latin fēsta
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The story

  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. Latinfēsta
  8. Late Latinfēsta
  9. Italianfesta
  10. Italianfestone
  11. Frenchfeston
  12. English todayfestoon

Borrowed from French feston.

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