† mercatn.

Forms: late Middle English–1500s mercatte, 1500s meercatte.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch meercat.

Etymology: < Middle Dutch meercat, meercatte (Dutch meerkat ; compare meerkat n.), cognate with Middle Low German merkatte , Old High German merikazza , merkazza (Middle High German merekatze , merkatze , German Meerkatze ), apparently < meer (see mere n.¹) + catte (see cat n.¹).Perhaps originally an alteration of an Asian name (compare Sanskrit markaṭa ape) by assimilation to words meaning ‘sea’ and ‘cat’, with the notion of ‘ape from overseas’.

Obsolete.

A monkey.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey

apea700

mercat1481

jackanapesa1529

monkey1530

pug1598

puggy1662

meerkat1801

monkey-man1819

monk1841

simian1861

Moloch1929

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 92 I wende hit had be a mermoyse, a baubyn or a mercatte, for I sawe neuer fowler beest.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 191 There are diuerse straunge beastes bred in Assia,..Mercattes.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies ii. 251/1 Because this fruite is not easie to be gathered, as being high trees, the meere-cattes eate them.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mercat
释义	† mercatn. Forms: late Middle English–1500s mercatte, 1500s meercatte. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch meercat. Etymology: < Middle Dutch meercat, meercatte (Dutch meerkat ; compare meerkat n.), cognate with Middle Low German merkatte , Old High German merikazza , merkazza (Middle High German merekatze , merkatze , German Meerkatze ), apparently < meer (see mere n.¹) + catte (see cat n.¹).Perhaps originally an alteration of an Asian name (compare Sanskrit markaṭa ape) by assimilation to words meaning ‘sea’ and ‘cat’, with the notion of ‘ape from overseas’. Obsolete. A monkey. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey apea700 mercat1481 jackanapesa1529 monkey1530 pug1598 puggy1662 meerkat1801 monkey-man1819 monk1841 simian1861 Moloch1929 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 92 I wende hit had be a mermoyse, a baubyn or a mercatte, for I sawe neuer fowler beest. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 191 There are diuerse straunge beastes bred in Assia,..Mercattes. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies ii. 251/1 Because this fruite is not easie to be gathered, as being high trees, the meere-cattes eate them. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1481
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