Borrowed from French guêtre, from Middle French guiestres, guestes, from Old French *gueste, from Frankish *wasta, *wastija, from Proto-Germanic *wastijō ("garment; dress").
Cognate with Middle High German wester ("a child's chrisom-cloth"), Middle High German westebarn ("godchild"), Old English wæstling ("a coverlet"), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹.
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