Where does “wafer” come from?

Wafer comes from Anglo-Norman wafre, a term for a thin crisp cake or biscuit.

wafer (English): A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie; A thin disk...

Definitions

  1. A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie; A thin disk...

Ancestry of “wafer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanwafre—
2Old Frenchwaufre—

Words derived from “wafer”

Every word from Old French waufre →Every word from Anglo-Norman wafre →