Where does “cat” come from?

cat (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish catt, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

cat (Scottish Gaelic): cat (Felis catus)

Definitions

  1. cat (Felis catus)

Ancestry of “cat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcattcat
2Latincattusa cat
3Latincattaa cat

Words derived from “cat”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Old Irish catt →