gastel

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Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

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