Where does “gâté” come from?

gâté (Norman) comes from Old French gastel, from Frankish wastil, from Proto-Germanic wastilaz, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

gâté (Norman): fancy-cake

Definitions

  1. fancy-cake

Ancestry of “gâté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgastelround cake, loaf of bread, wastel; roundel,...
2Frankishwastil—
3Proto-Germanicwastilaz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wastilaz →Every word from Frankish wastil →