Where does “cats” come from?

cats (English) comes 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.

cats (English): plural of cat; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of cat; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “cats”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcatAn animal of the family Felidae; A person; A...
2Middle Englishcatte—
3Old Englishcattea female cat
4Germanic*kattǭ—
5Germanic*kattuz—
6Latincattusa cat
7Latincattaa cat

Words derived from “cats”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Germanic *kattuz →