Gatto
/ˈɡat.to/noun
An Italian word meaning a cat.
Did you know?Italian gatto comes from Late Latin cattus, a word that spread through Europe and likely replaced earlier classical Latin felis as domestic cats became culturally important.
Etymological Timeline
Late Latin
Latin
cattus
“domestic cat”
Early Medieval
Romance
gatto
“cat”
Middle Ages
Italian
gatto
“cat”
Modern English
English
cat
“domestic cat”