Talk:kitty

Etymology split?

The money-pool sense is a different ety from the cat sense, isn't it? We should also probably indicate that the sexual sense is a sort of euphemism for "pussy" (also a cat). Equinox ◑ 23:55, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Im not familiar with guidelines on how ety should be done, but

1. the money-pool sense doesnt appear to have a 100% confirmed ety, but there does appear to be a 'most-likely' ety being Middle Dutch word kit
2. I suspect the ety of 'kitty', being a common name to refer to a prostitute, pre-dates 'pussy', and de-tangling those two would fill a thesis or two.

John Vandenberg (talk) 04:42, 13 December 2015 (UTC)