cătușă
Romanian
Etymology
From the now lost hypothetical Romanian word *cată or *cat (from Late Latin catta (“cat”) / cattus) + the Romanian diminutive suffix -ușă. Was once attested in an old gloss as having the meaning of "cat" (pisică in Romanian), and this is also preserved in some place names such as Dealul-Cătușii, Cătușa, and Cătească. Compare Aromanian cãtushi, which preserved the original sense. [1]
Noun
cătușă f (plural cătușe)
Declension
Declension of cătușă
Derived terms
References
- ^ cătușă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)