wastel

Meaning

Noun

A kind of fine white bread or cake.

Origin

From Middle English wastel, from Old French wastel, gastel (> French gâteau), from Late Latin wastellum, from Frankish *wastil, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wistiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wes-. Cognate with Middle High German wastel. Compare Old High German wist and Old English wist. gateau.

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