"catcatcher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: catcatchers [plural]
Etymology: From cat + catcher. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cat|catcher|text=+|tree=1}} From cat + catcher., {{ety|en|:af|cat|catcher|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kattuz Proto-West Germanic *kattu Old English catt Middle English cat English cat substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Indo-European *kaptós Proto-Italic *kaptos Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English catcher English catcatcher From cat + catcher. Head templates: {{en-noun}} catcatcher (plural catcatchers)
  1. a person who catches stray cats

Inflected forms

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