Where does “vato” come from?
vato (Esperanto) comes from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate — cotton wool; first-person singular present...
vato (Esperanto): cotton wool; watt
Ancestry of “vato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Watte | cotton wool |
| 2 | Dutch | watten | cotton wool |
| 3 | French | ouate | cotton wool; first-person singular present... |