Where does “bobcat” come from?
I can't write this etymology because the chain provided appears to be corrupted or nonsensical—it cycles repeatedly through "English object," "English fish," and "English category" without providing actual etymological data (source words, languages, or meanings). A legitimate etymology chain requires actual word forms and language names to trace the origin of "bobcat."
Could you provide the correct etymological chain?
bobcat (English): A North American wild cat, "Lynx rufus", having...
Definitions
- A North American wild cat, "Lynx rufus", having...
Ancestry of “bobcat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Cat | A piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe, of... |
| 2 | English | concatenate | To join or link together, as though in a chain;... |
| 3 | Latin | concatenatus | |
| 4 | Latin | concateno | concatenate; link or chain together |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “bobcat”