Where does “gato” come from?

gato (Haitian Creole) comes from French gâteau, from Middle French gasteau, from Old French gastel, from Frankish wastil, from Proto-Germanic wastilaz, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

gato (Haitian Creole): cake

Definitions

  1. cake

Ancestry of “gato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchgâteauA sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical...
2Middle Frenchgasteau—
3Old Frenchgastelround cake, loaf of bread, wastel; roundel,...
4Frankishwastil—
5Proto-Germanicwastilaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wastilaz →Every word from Frankish wastil →