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OP Where di "pussy" for "cat" come from. My Merriam-Webster lists it as appearing around 1726, but gives no etymology, and neither does the AHD online. An Indo-Fijian friend staying with me at present tried to tell me that "pussy" is a Hindi word for cat, but "billi" is the only word that I find in the Hindi dictionaries and wordlists I have available, and none of them list "pussy", or any likely progenitor thereof, as a word at all. I figure he's just yanking my chain, but it got me wondering where the word comes from. The etymology of the less-refined, anatomical, meaning of "pussy" is very detailed, but not that for the simple cat's tale.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted pussycat, pussycat, where did you come from? sjmaxq 09/28/04 08:47 AM Re: pussycat, pussycat, where did you come from? jheem 09/28/04 01:10 PM Re: pussycat, pussycat, where did you come from? wow 09/28/04 02:07 PM Re: pussycat, pussycat, where did you come from? sjmaxq 09/28/04 06:12 PM Mystery solved Father Steve 09/28/04 07:01 PM Re: Mystery solved Buffalo Shrdlu 09/28/04 07:30 PM Yuck! Father Steve 09/29/04 12:00 AM Re: Yuck! Zed 09/30/04 10:52 PM
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