Where does “Tomcatter” come from?
Tomcatter (English) comes from English tomcat, 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.
Tomcatter (English): A member of VFA-31, a strike fighter squadron of the US Navy
Definitions
- A member of VFA-31, a strike fighter squadron of the US Navy
Ancestry of “Tomcatter”, step by step
Tomcatter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tomcat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tomcat | A tom, a male cat; To prowl for sexual... |
| 2 | English | cat | An animal of the family Felidae; A person; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | catte | — |
| 4 | Old English | catte | a female cat |
| 5 | Germanic | *kattǭ | — |
| 6 | Germanic | *kattuz | — |
| 7 | Latin | cattus | a cat |
| 8 | Latin | catta | a cat |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |