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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: pussycat, pussycat, where did you come from? #133536 09/28/2004 1:10 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California The OED 1st ed. suggests that pussy is a diminutive formation of puss. For the latter, though it notes that cognate call-name forms eixst in Germanic and even Baltic languages, no etymology is known. English has extended puss and pussy(cat) from a call-name to a noun for the animal. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted pussycat, pussycat, where did you come from? sjmaxq 09/28/2004 8:47 AM Re: pussycat, pussycat, where did you come from? jheem 09/28/2004 1:10 PM Re: pussycat, pussycat, where did you come from? wow 09/28/2004 2:07 PM Re: pussycat, pussycat, where did you come from? sjmaxq 09/28/2004 6:12 PM Mystery solved Father Steve 09/28/2004 7:01 PM Re: Mystery solved Buffalo Shrdlu 09/28/2004 7:30 PM Yuck! Father Steve 09/29/2004 12:00 AM Re: Yuck! Zed 09/30/2004 10:52 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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