Before revision: Etymology A festival at Antwerp, Belgium, in the 17th century A country festival in Swabia Procession in Honor of Isis depiction of the Egyptian Navigium Isidis festival by Frederick Arthur Bridgman in 1903 The word "festival" was originally used as an adjective from the late fourteenth century, deriving from Latin via Old French.
After revision: Etymology A festival at Antwerp, Belgium, in the 17th century A country festival in Swabia Procession in Honor of Isis depiction of the Egyptian Navigium Isidis festival by Frederick Arthur Bridgman , a 1903 The word "festival" was originally used as an adjective from the late fourteenth century, deriving from Latin via Old French.