Etymology

cath

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Today it means: A diminutive of the female given name Catherine. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κᾰθ’ ← Arabic قات
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cath · noun, verb1

  1. Arabic · derived fromقات
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromκᾰθ’
  3. English todaycath

Clippings of various words, based on their shared prefix cath-, primarily from Ancient Greek κᾰθ’ (kăth’), κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ, whence English cata-); the cath- in cathinone is from Catha, the genus name of Catha edulis, a Latinization of Arabic قات (qāt), the plant's native name (whence English khat).

Cath · proper noun2

Clipping of Catherine.

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