Where does “chat” come from?

chat (Middle French) comes from Old French chat, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

chat (Middle French): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “chat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchatcat
2Latincattusa cat
3Latincattaa cat

Words derived from “chat”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Old French chat →