VESTA

PRONUNCIATION: (VES-tuh)

MEANING: noun: A short wooden match.

ETYMOLOGY: After Vesta, the goddess of hearth and household in Roman mythology. Her temple had a fire tended by the vestal virgins. Earliest documented use: 1839.
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PESTA - an Italian bug

NESTA - what a swarm of pestas lives in

YESTA - 1) with "say," to agree; 2) the day before