Where does “gata” come from?

gata (Spanish) comes from Latin catta, from Latin cattus — a cat.

gata (Spanish): she-cat, molly, queen, female cat; car-jack, jack

Definitions

  1. she-cat, molly, queen, female cat; car-jack, jack

Ancestry of “gata”, step by step

gata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin catta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincattaa cat
2Latincattusa cat

via Late Latin catta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincattacat; a cat

Words derived from “gata”

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