Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A holiday, festival, especially a religious one · A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature. · Something delightful and satisfying.
From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”); see also Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, goddess”). More at theo-. Doublet of fete, fiesta, and fest. Displaced Old English wīnhāte.
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