Etymology Explorer
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Where does “chatte” come from?
chatte (Middle French) comes from Old French chate, from Latin catta, from Latin cattus — a cat.
Ancestry of “chatte”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old French
chate
—
2
Latin
catta
a cat
3
Latin
cattus
a cat
Words derived from “chatte”
chatte
chattement
catta
Every word from Latin cattus →