Fiesta
/fiˈes.tə/noun
A religious festival or lively celebration.
Did you know?Fiesta comes from the same Latin root as English feast, and in Spanish it originally referred to a holy day before it became a word for any celebration.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₁-
“to set, place, do, make”
Latin
Latin
fēriae
“holy days, days of rest”
Old Spanish
Spanish
fiesta
“feast day, religious holiday”
Modern English
English
fiesta
“a festive celebration or party”