Where does “catsiaans” come from?
catsiaans (Dutch) comes from English cats, from English cat, from Middle English catte, from Old English catte, from Germanic *kattǭ, from Germanic *kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.
catsiaans (Dutch): Catsian; of or pertaining to Jacob Cats (1577–1660), a Dutch jurist and poet mostly known for his moralistic emblem books
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- Catsian; of or pertaining to Jacob Cats (1577–1660), a Dutch jurist and poet mostly known for his moralistic emblem books