cătușă

Romanian

Etymology

From the now lost hypothetical Romanian root *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)

  1. (usually used as plural) handcuff, manacle

Derived terms

  • încătușa

References

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