Where does “catto” come from?
catto (Interlingua) comes from English Cat, from English concatenate, from Latin concatenatus, from Latin concateno, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
catto (Interlingua): cat
Definitions
- cat
Ancestry of “catto”, step by step
catto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Cat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | which is to be linked or bound together or connected |
| 4 | Latin | concateno | concatenate; link or chain together |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |
via French chat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chat | cat; cat, tom, tomcat; tag, tig |
| 2 | English | chat | To be engaged in informal conversation; To talk... |
| 3 | English | chatter | Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk;... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Spanish gato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | gato | cat; tomcat, gib; servant |
| 2 | French | gâteau | A sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical... |
| 3 | Middle French | gasteau | — |
| 4 | Old French | gastel | round cake, loaf of bread, wastel; roundel,... |
| 5 | Frankish | wastil | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wastilaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wes- | to dress, clothe |