Editing Festival (section)

==Etymology==
[[File: The MET.jpg|thumb|The annual [[Met Gala]] at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[Manhattan]] is a [[haute couture]] festival celebrating the global [[fashion industry]].]]
[[File:Ländliches Fest in Schwaben.jpg|thumb|A country festival in [[Swabia]]]]
[[File:NavigiumIsidis.jpg|thumb|''Procession in Honor of Isis'', a 1903 depiction of the Egyptian [[Navigium Isidis]] festival by [[Frederick Arthur Bridgman]]]]
The word "festival" was originally used as an adjective from the late fourteenth century, deriving from [[Latin]] via [[Old French]].<ref name=oed1>{{cite web|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/69567 |title=festival, adj. and n. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828130717/https://www.oed.com/start;jsessionid=516303139ACABFDA6DF9FB295946FC00?authRejection=true&url=%2Fview%2FEntry%2F69567 |archive-date=August 28, 2022 |website=[[OED Online]] |date=March 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref> In [[Middle English]], a "festival dai" was a religious holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED15806&egs=all |title=festival (adj.) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702174739/http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED15806&egs=all |archive-date=July 2, 2014 |website=[[Middle English Dictionary]] |access-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref> 

The first recorded used of the word "festival" as a noun was in 1589 (as "Festifall").<ref name=oed1/> Feast first came into usage as a noun {{Circa|1200}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/68799 |title=feast, n. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828130719/https://www.oed.com/start;jsessionid=7B4E1C8966F3F709B74E5277161BE93D?authRejection=true&url=%2Fview%2FEntry%2F68799 |archive-date=August 28, 2022 |website=[[OED Online]] |date=March 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref> and its first recorded use as a verb was circa 1300.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/68800 |title=feast, v. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828130718/https://www.oed.com/start;jsessionid=3BAE000C92C9A9622F67045AA8600539?authRejection=true&url=%2Fview%2FEntry%2F68800 |archive-date=August 28, 2022 |website=[[OED Online]] |date=March 2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref>

The word '''gala''' comes from [[Arabic]] word ''khil'a'', meaning robe of honor.<ref>{{cite book |author=James E Glevin |title=The Modern Middle East: A History |year=2020 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-007406-7 |page=21}}</ref> The word gala was initially used to describe "festive dress", but came to be a synonym of "festival" starting in the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/gala#etymonline_v_1224|title=gala (n.)|website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |access-date=June 27, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627154557/https://www.etymonline.com/word/gala#etymonline_v_1224|url-status=live}}</ref>