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Where does “catte” come from?

catte (Middle English) comes from Old English catte, from Germanic *kattǭ, from Germanic *kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

Ancestry of “catte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcattea female cat
2Germanic*kattǭ—
3Germanic*kattuz—
4Latincattusa cat
5Latincattaa cat

Words derived from “catte”

  • cat
  • cats
  • kitten
  • catfish
  • catwalk
  • copycat
  • catlike
  • catnip
  • catty
  • bobcat
  • tomcat
  • catbird
  • Kattegat
  • kittenish
  • catnap
  • cattery
  • catfight
  • cathead
  • catmint
  • cathouse
  • hellcat
  • catcall
  • housecat
  • chatoyant
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