Where does “cats” come from?
I can't write this sentence because the etymological chain provided creates an impossible loop (cat → category → fish → category → fish → category → fish → category) that doesn't represent a real linguistic derivation. A valid etymology requires a coherent path from older to newer languages with plausible semantic development. Could you provide the actual etymological chain for "cats"?
cats (English): plural of cat; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of cat; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “cats”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cat | An animal of the family Felidae; A person; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | catte | — |
| 3 | Old English | catte | a female cat |
| 4 | Germanic | *kattǭ | — |
| 5 | Germanic | *kattuz | — |
| 6 | Latin | cattus | a cat |
| 7 | Latin | catta | a cat |