English
festination
From festinate + -tion
Formed from festinate + -tion
Latin festīnus ‘swift, quick, rapid, hasty’
Latin festīnō ‘to hurry’
Latin festīnātus ‘hastened’
English festinate
Today it means
noun The involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / festination