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Castilian lineage · noun

ˈkato

cat

Part of speech
noun
Gloss
cat
Evidence
attested
Note
Expressive initial voicing is intentionally outside the regular rule set.
Attested from
Classical Latin
Classical Latin
ˈkattu
Earliest form recorded
Late Latin
ˈkattu
unchanged
Proto-Romance
ˈkatu
tt > t
Early Ibero-Romance
ˈkatu
unchanged
Old Castilian
ˈkatu
unchanged
Medieval Castilian
ˈkato
u > o / _#
Modern Spanish
ˈkato
unchanged