pet
(Engels)
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/pɛt/
Etimologie (Engels)
Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related. The verb is derived from the noun.
Related words
domestic animal
domesticated animal
best-loved
preferent
bad mood
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