Etymology

cattery

cat·te·ry
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Today it means: A place where cats board when their owners are on holiday. Full definition →

English cat ← Middle English cat ← Old English catt
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*kattuz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*kattu
  3. Old Englishcatt
  4. Middle Englishcat
  5. Englishcat
  6. English todaycattery

From cat + -ery.

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