Etymology of “Catte”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from Middle Dutch
Source language
Middle Dutch
Ancestry links
3
Descendants
6
Word Origin Summary
Catte is attested in Middle Dutch. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- ikati
Xhosa · borrowed from
- Catskill Mountains
English · derived from
- kat
Afrikaans · inherited from
- ikati
Zulu · borrowed from
- kat
Dutch · inherited from
- Cattenbroek
Dutch · inherited from
What You Can Explore
- 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
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- 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
- 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root