Where does “gâté” come from?

gâté (French) comes from French gâter, from Middle French gaster, from Old French gaster, from Latin vastus, from Proto-Celtic wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

gâté (French): past participle of gâter

Definitions

  1. past participle of gâter

Ancestry of “gâté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgâterto spoil, ruin; to go bad, go off
2Middle Frenchgasterto waste; to destroy
3Old Frenchgasterto waste; to destroy
4LatinvastusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,...
5Proto-Celticwāstosempty
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

Words derived from “gâté”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic wāstos →Every word from Latin vastus →