festo

See also: Festo and festő

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder.

Proto-Italic *θēstos

Proto-Italic *fēstosder.

Latin fēstus

Latin festumder.

Middle High German fëst

German Festder.

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Late Latin fēstus

Late Latin fēsta

Italian festader.

Esperanto festo

From German Fest and Italian festa, both ultimately from Latin fēstum. Compare French fête, English feast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfesto/

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• Rhymes: -esto
• Hyphenation: fes‧to

Noun

festo (accusative singular feston, plural festoj, accusative plural festojn)

1. celebration
   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 18:

     Ni leviĝos post la manĝo kaj ni rigardos la noktan feston.

     We will get up after the meal and watch the night celebration.

2. feast festival, party, fiesta

Derived terms

• festa
• feste
• festeni
• festeno
• festi

Latin

Adjective

fēstō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fēstus

Noun

fēstō

1. dative/ablative singular of fēstum

References

• "festo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

festo

1. first-person singular present indicative of festar