Where does “guata” come from?

guata (Spanish) comes from French ouate — cotton wool; first-person singular present...

guata (Spanish): belly; paunch; padding, cotton padding

Definitions

  1. belly; paunch; padding, cotton padding

Ancestry of “guata”, step by step

guata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French ouate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchouatecotton wool; first-person singular present...

via Araucanian wata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Araucanianwata

Words derived from “guata

Every word from French ouate
guata — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer