Etymology of the French word chat
the French word
chatderived from the Latin word
cattus (cat; wild cat; kind of trout)
Date
The earliest known usage of chat in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
chatière,
chatoyer,
chatterie,
chattée,
chaton,
chatte,
langue-de-chat,
tête-de-chat,
œil-de-chat,
chat-tigre,
chitounDerivations in other languages
English
chatCognates
Catalan
gat, Dutch
kat, English
cat, German
Katze, Icelandic
köttur, Italian
gatto, Lithuanian
kate, Norwegian
katt, Polish
kot, Portuguese
gato, Provençal
cat, Russian
кoт, Spanish
gato, Swedish
katt
