Where does catstail come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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catstail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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From Middle English cattestail, equivalent to cat + -s- + tail.

catstails (plural) cat's tail (alternative) cat's-tail (alternative)

cattail

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