Old French edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Frankish *wastil, from Proto-Germanic *wastiliz, *wistiliz, from *wistiz (food, feast) +‎ *-ilaz (diminutive suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (to eat).

Noun edit

gastel oblique singularm (oblique plural gasteaus or gasteax or gastiaus or gastiax or gastels, nominative singular gasteaus or gasteax or gastiaus or gastiax or gastels, nominative plural gastel)

  1. round cake, loaf of bread, wastel
  2. (heraldry) roundel, bezant, gastell

Descendants edit