fiesta

noun

Meaning

party (celebration)

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Late Latin fĕsta, from Latin fēsta, plural of fēstum. It is unclear why the initial f- stayed in this word instead of becoming the expected h-.

fēsta(la)→
fĕsta(la-lat)→
fĕsta(la-lat)→
fiesta (Old Spanish)
Relations: inh, inh, inh

Related words

fĕsta(la-lat)fēsta(la)fiesta(Ladino)fiesta(Spanish)

Descendant words

fiesta(Ladino) (inh)
fiesta(Ladino) (inh)
fiesta(Spanish) (inh)
fiesta(Spanish) (inh)

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