Where does “capogatto” come from?
capogatto (Italian) comes from Italian gatto, from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta, from Latin cattus — a cat.
capogatto (Italian): staggers
Ancestry of “capogatto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | gatto | cat; tom, tomcat |
| 2 | Late Latin | cattus | cat; domestic cat; a cat |
| 3 | Latin | catta | a cat |
| 4 | Latin | cattus | a cat |