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

Definitions

  1. cotton wool; watt

Ancestry of “vato”, step by step

vato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Watte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWattecotton wool
2Dutchwattencotton wool
3Frenchouatecotton wool; first-person singular present...

via English Watt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWattWatt, a king of Sussex

Words derived from “vato”

Every word from French ouate →Every word from Dutch watten →Every word from German Watte →