DictionaryRoot: celebrare
Latin
celebrare
assemble to honor
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noun
celebration
sel-ih-BRAY-shun/ˌselɪˈbreɪʃn/
An observance honoring a significant occasion.
Etymology
Latin celebrare connected honoring something with assembling in large numbers. Celebration carries that public, festive image into the sense of an event or act that honors something with joy.