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festinus.

swift, quick, rapid, hasty

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[fɛsˈtiː.nʊs]Classical-Latin[fesˈtiː.nus]
  1. swift, quick, rapid, hasty

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  2. impatient

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  3. early, premature

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *fristis (“haste”) + -nus, with *fristis only finding secure cognates in Celtic such as Welsh brys, implying a Proto-Indo-European *bʰristi-.

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