Where does “wastel” come from?

wastel (Middle English) comes from Old French wastel, from Late Latin wastellum, from Frankish wastil, from Proto-Germanic wastilaz, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

wastel (Middle English): A kind of fine white bread or cake

Definitions

  1. A kind of fine white bread or cake

Ancestry of “wastel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchwastel—
2Late Latinwastellum—
3Frankishwastil—
4Proto-Germanicwastilaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

Words derived from “wastel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wastilaz →Every word from Frankish wastil →