wʕd / Semitic roots

Central Semitic, to fix a time; noun *ʕid(at)-, fixed time, appointment, meeting (*-at-, feminine suffix).

Eid; Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, from Arabic ʕīd, feast, from Aramaic ʕed, day of assembly, feast-day, from ʕad, to fix a time.