Etymology

songfest

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Today it means: An event, often informal, where people sing together for the pleasure of it. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sengʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*séngʷʰ-e-ti
  3. Proto-Germanic*singwaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*sangwaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*sangu
  6. Old Englishsang
  7. Middle Englishsong
  8. Englishsong
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁stos
  12. Proto-Italic*θēstos
  13. Proto-Italic*fēstos
  14. Latinfēstus
  15. Latinfestum
  16. Middle High Germanfëst
  17. GermanFest
  18. Englishfest
  19. English todaysongfest

From song + -fest.

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