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it's actually a bastardization of the word Katty corner. i don't know where the word originated. sorry
AnswerThe word "cattycorner" is from the word "cater" from the French word "quatre" meaning four. See link below for more information. I'm sure that when it was used by English speaking people, they thought "cater" sounded like "catter" so they associated it with the word "cat," and that is how we got our modern version of the word.• Not doubting the prior answer here, but why then is the following... ? From Louisiana does come the term "cangkitty_yonk"(not sure of spelling), which bears the identical definition. In Iowa, I grew up with both "kitty", but mainly "katty". Minnesota uses "kitty".
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Is it catty or kitty corner?
Kitty Corner is diagonal from the object you are describing. Catty Corner is directly opposite to the Kitty Corner position. Therefore, Catty Corner to Kitty Corner, is Kitty Corner again, if you were in a square. Then take a polygon - say a Heptagon. Kitty Corner to one area and Caddy Corner from that point could be two different positions.
Which way is diagonal?
Kitty-corner. In a square, a line drawn between one corner and the corner which is not adjacent to it.
What are common phrases using the word corner?
out of the corner of my eye just around the corner cutting corners have a corner on the market down on the corner at the corner tap/bar/store/gas station on the corner at the corner remote corner of the world backed into a corner in a corner of my mind painted himself into a corner
Is it 'round the corner' or 'around the corner'?
around the corner.
Are monitors measured side to side or corner to corner?
Corner to corner just like a T V.
Is it catty or kitty corner?
Kitty Corner is diagonal from the object you are describing. Catty Corner is directly opposite to the Kitty Corner position. Therefore, Catty Corner to Kitty Corner, is Kitty Corner again, if you were in a square. Then take a polygon - say a Heptagon. Kitty Corner to one area and Caddy Corner from that point could be two different positions.
Where does kitty originate from?
Japan! (:
Where originate the hello kitty?
Hello Kitty originates from Japan.
What is the orgin of the word katty corner?
Variant of the word kitty-corner
Which way is diagonal?
Kitty-corner. In a square, a line drawn between one corner and the corner which is not adjacent to it.
What is the origin of the idiom kitty corner?
Kitty corner, which is used in the U.S. to mean diagonally opposite is a corruption of cater-corner. Cater itself is an obsolete word meaning four. Compare the french quatre.
What is the verb phrase in this sentence You are the cripple on the corner?
The verb phrase in the sentence is "are the cripple on the corner."
WHAT THE Participial phrase in this sentence The boy sleeping in the corner is snoring loudly?
"sleeping in the corner" is the participal phrase
What is the participial phrase in the sentence the boy sleeping in the corner in snoring loudly?
"sleeping in the corner" is the participal phrase
What is the phrase of corner?
The phrase is "backed into a corner." It means to be in a difficult situation with limited options for escape or resolution.
Where does the phrase Grind to a halt originate from?
stop
Where did the phrase alms for the poor originate?
The Bible
