Cattle

Morpheme

Cattle

Type

free base

Denotation

domesticated bovines; literally personal property, possession

Etymology

Middle English catel; Anglo-Norman catel; Old Northern French catel; Medieval Latin capitāle; Latin capitālis, from caput + -alis

Evidence

anticattle, cattle, cattlebeast, cattled, cattledom, cattlehead, cattleheart, cattleless, cattlelike, cattleman, cattleperson, cattlepost, cattleproof, cattles, cattleshed, cattlewealth, cattlewoman, cattling, noncattle

Doublet

Chattel

See Also

Chattel, Capit(e) [Capite, Capit]