Where does “Gato” come from?

Gato (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese gato, from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

Gato (Portuguese): cat (domestic cat: Felis silvestris catus)

Definitions

  1. cat (domestic cat: Felis silvestris catus)

Ancestry of “Gato”, step by step

Gato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese gato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesegato—
2Late Latincattuscat; domestic cat; a cat
3Latincattaa cat

via Latin cattus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincattusa cat

Words derived from “Gato”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Late Latin cattus →Every word from Old Portuguese gato →