To: null and void
The origin of the word is French. The French call it "le chat", the cat. The English derivation is clear, and it has probably seeped into Russian in some form.
18 posted on
02/18/2014 12:01:04 PM PST by
Publius
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To: Publius
I guess I am the only person who has never understood how or why someone picked le chat for the English meaning. Why not beaver or something?
27 posted on
02/18/2014 12:11:38 PM PST by
steve86
(Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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