Where does “chat” come from?

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

chat (Old French): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “chat”, step by step

chat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cattus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincattusa cat
2Latincattaa cat

via Late Latin cattus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincattuscat; domestic cat; a cat

Words derived from “chat”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →