Where does “gaster” come from?

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

gaster (Middle French): to waste; to destroy

Definitions

  1. to waste; to destroy

Ancestry of “gaster”, step by step

gaster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French gaster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgasterto waste; to destroy
2LatinvastusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,...
3Proto-Celticwāstosempty
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

via Latin vastāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvastāre—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂st-empty, wasted; empty; wasted

Words derived from “gaster”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →