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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɒstəl/ [UK], /ˈwɑstəl/ [General-American] Forms: wastels [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wastel, from Old French wastel, gastel (> French gâteau), from Late Latin wastellum, from Frankish *wastil, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“sustenance, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to be”). Cognate with Middle High German wastel (“a kind of bread”). Compare Old High German wist (“food”) and Old English wist (“food”). Doublet of gateau. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂wes-}}, {{inh|en|enm|wastel}} Middle English wastel, {{der|en|fro|wastel}} Old French wastel, {{cog|fr|gâteau}} French gâteau, {{der|en|LL.|wastellum}} Late Latin wastellum, {{der|en|frk|*wastil}} Frankish *wastil, {{cog|gem-pro|*wistiz|t=sustenance, food}} Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“sustenance, food”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wes-|t=to be}} Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to be”), {{cog|gmh|wastel|t=a kind of bread}} Middle High German wastel (“a kind of bread”), {{cog|goh|wist|t=food}} Old High German wist (“food”), {{cog|ang|wist|t=food}} Old English wist (“food”), {{doublet|en|gateau}} Doublet of gateau Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wastel (countable and uncountable, plural wastels)
  1. (now historical) A kind of fine white bread or cake. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Synonyms: wastel bread, wastel cake
    Sense id: en-wastel-en-noun-GFTYLjIa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈwastəl/
Etymology: From Old French wastel, gastel (> French gâteau), from Late Latin wastellum, from Frankish *wastil, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“sustenance, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, stay”). Cognate with Middle High German wastel (“a kind of bread”). Compare Old High German wist (“food”) and Old English wist (“food”). Etymology templates: {{root|enm|ine-pro|*h₂wes-}}, {{bor|enm|fro|wastel}} Old French wastel, {{cog|fr|gâteau}} French gâteau, {{der|enm|LL.|wastellum}} Late Latin wastellum, {{der|enm|frk|*wastil}} Frankish *wastil, {{cog|gem-pro|*wistiz|t=sustenance, food}} Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“sustenance, food”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*h₂wes-|t=to dwell, stay}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, stay”), {{cog|gmh|wastel|t=a kind of bread}} Middle High German wastel (“a kind of bread”), {{cog|goh|wist|t=food}} Old High German wist (“food”), {{cog|ang|wist|t=food}} Old English wist (“food”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wastel
  1. A kind of fine white bread or cake. Categories (topical): Breads, Cakes and pastries
    Sense id: en-wastel-enm-noun-GFTYLjIa Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
        "Middle English terms derived from Frankish",
        "Middle English terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂wes-",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "enm:Breads",
        "enm:Cakes and pastries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Some small dogs she had, which she fed / With roasted meat, and milk, and wastel bread.",
          "ref": "1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologues”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Of smale houndes hadde she, that she fedde / With rosted flesh, and milk, and wastel brede.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of fine white bread or cake."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bread",
          "bread"
        ],
        [
          "cake",
          "cake"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwastəl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wastel"
}

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