Etymograph

English

mercat

From mer- + cat.

Formed from mer- + cat

Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’

Proto-Germanic *mari ‘sea’

Proto-Germanic *mari-

English mer-

Proto-Germanic *kattuz

Proto-West Germanic *kattu

Old English catt ‘male cat’

Middle English cat ‘cat’

English cat

Today it means

noun A mermaid cat.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “mercat”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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