![]() Used in the KJV for Old Testament Hebrew Sheol and New Testament Greek Hades, Gehenna. In Middle English, also of the Limbus Patrum, place where the Patriarchs, Prophets, etc. Old Norse Hel (from Proto-Germanic *halija "one who covers up or hides something")was the name of Loki's daughter who ruled over the evil dead in Niflheim, the lowest of all worlds ( nifl "mist") It might have reinforced the English word "as a transfer of a pagan concept to Christian theology and its vocabulary". Literally "concealed place" (compare Old Norse hellir "cave, cavern"), from PIE root *kel- (1) "to cover, conceal, save." ![]() For let the cat out of the bag, see bag (n.).Īlso Hell, Old English hel, helle, "nether world, abode of the dead, infernal regions, place of torment for the wicked after death," from Proto-Germanic *haljō "the underworld" (source also of Old Frisian helle, Old Saxon hellia, Dutch hel, Old Norse hel, German Hölle, Gothic halja "hell"). For Cat's meow, cat's pajamas, see bee's knees. Cat-witted "small-minded, obstinate, and spiteful" (1670s) deserved to survive. Cat burglar is from 1907, so called for stealth. Slang sense of "fellow, guy," is from 1920, originally in African-American vernacular narrower sense of "jazz enthusiast" is recorded from 1931.Ĭat's paw (1769, but cat's foot in the same sense, 1590s) refers to the old folk tale in which the monkey tricks the cat into pawing chestnuts from a fire the monkey gets the roasted nuts, the cat gets a burnt paw. Slang sense of "prostitute" is from at least c. As a term of contempt for a woman, from early 13c. Independent, but ultimately from the same source are words in the Slavic group: Old Church Slavonic kotuka, kotel'a, Bulgarian kotka, Russian koška, Polish kot, along with Lithuanian katė and non-Indo-European Finnish katti, which is from Lithuanian.Įxtended to lions, tigers, etc. The Late Latin word also is the source of Old Irish and Gaelic cat, Welsh kath, Breton kaz, Italian gatto, Spanish gato, French chat (12c.). The nine lives have been proverbial at least since 1560s. 2000 B.C.E., but not a familiar household animal to classical Greeks and Romans. Arabic qitt "tomcat" may be from the same source. Probably ultimately Afro-Asiatic (compare Nubian kadis, Berber kadiska, both meaning "cat"). 350) and was in general use on the continent by c. The near-universal European word now, it appeared in Europe as Latin catta (Martial, c. 400-450), from Proto-Germanic *kattuz (source also of Old Frisian katte, Old Norse köttr, Dutch kat, Old High German kazza, German Katze), from Late Latin cattus. 700) "domestic cat," from West Germanic (c. IPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad iPad, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 4, 9.Old English catt (c. IPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 14 Plus: 1284x2778 IPhone Xs Max, iPhone 11 Pro Max: 1242x2688 IPhone X, iPhone Xs, iPhone 11 Pro: 1125x2436 IPhone 6 plus, iPhone 6s plus, iPhone 7 plus, iPhone 8 plus: 1242x2208 IPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, iPhone 8: 750x1334 IPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone SE: 640x1136 IPhone: iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS: 320x480
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