Etymograph

English

festy

From festival + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

Formed from festival + -y ‘diminutive suffix’

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stos

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Latin fēstīvus ‘festive, merry’

Late Latin fēstīvālis ‘of a festival’

Old French festival ‘festive’

Middle English festival

English festival

Today it means

noun A festival.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / festy