Where does “ouatera” come from?

ouatera (Catalan) comes from French ouater, from Catalan ouat, from Catalan -at, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Ancestry of “ouatera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchouaterto cotton-wool
2Catalanouatlaying
3Catalan-atforms the masculine singular past participle of...
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Catalan -at →