Etymology

gabfest

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Today it means: An occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length. Full definition →

English fest ← German Fest ← Middle High German fëst
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*gabbōną
  2. Old Norsegabb
  3. Middle Englishgab
  4. Englishgab
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁stos
  8. Proto-Italic*θēstos
  9. Proto-Italic*fēstos
  10. Latinfēstus
  11. Latinfestum
  12. Middle High Germanfëst
  13. GermanFest
  14. Englishfest
  15. English todaygabfest

From gab + -fest.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.