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Where does “cat” come from?
cat (Irish) comes from Old Irish catt, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.
cat
(Irish): cat
Definitions
cat
Ancestry of “cat”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Irish
catt
cat
2
Latin
cattus
a cat
3
Latin
catta
a cat
Words derived from “cat”
catach
liopardchat
catachas
catán
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