Feminine

Watte

Synonyms

Verbandwatte

Baumwollstaude

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvatə/
Etymology

In summary

Late 17th century, from Dutch watten, from Middle French ouate, of unknown origin. Despite close semantics and phonetics, probably not from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz (“garment”).

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