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a festo

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Galician

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Etymology

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Either from Latin īnfestus (hostil); or from a- + festo, from Germanic: compare French faîte (top, summit) and German First (ridge).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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a festo

  1. (archaic) upstream; upwards
    Antonym: a pro
    • 1315, M. Lucas Alvarez, M. J. Justo Martín, editors, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537), page 34:
      de esse moyno a dereyto afesto polla regeyra de Senande
      from this mill right upstream along the brook of Senande
    • 1473, M. Romaní Martinez, M. P. Rodríguez Suarez, editors, Libro tumbo de pergamino. Un códice medieval del monasterio de Oseira, Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo, page 44:
      a em proo per lo rio et por lo peagoo a festo pelas lavradas de Faramontaaos, e dessi por tralo castro a que chamam do Carro Queymado, et desi a penso, et dessy aa fonte do Buleyro
      downstream along the river and the pool upwards by the fields of Faramontaos, and thence behind the ancient hill-fort they call of Carro Queimado, and thence to Penso, and thence till the muddy spring
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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “enhiesto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos