Where does “ouater” come from?
ouater (French) comes from Catalan ouat, from Catalan -at, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
ouater (French): to cotton-wool
Ancestry of “ouater”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | ouat | — |
| 2 | Catalan | -at | forms the masculine singular past participle of... |
| 3 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |