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feles.

cat

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfeː.ɫeːs]Classical-Latin[ˈfɛː.les]
  1. cat

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Unknown; maybe cognate with Welsh bele (“marten”). Other sources say that it is related to Latin fulica, fulix, with the etymological meaning of "animal with a shiny coat", but this theory is doubtful. The connection with Latin fēlix (“happy”) and Latin fēllō (“to suck”), with the (hypothetical) etymological meaning of “animal that sucks the blood [of its prey]”, was also proposed. This word could be cognate with Latin mēlēs (“badger”), under the assumption of a very unusual alternation of /f/ (or earlier */β/) and /m/, which might be an indication of substrate origin.

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