English

kittenplay

From kitten + play.

A compound of kitten + play

Middle English kitoun

Proto-West Germanic *plegō ‘an exercise’

Proto-West Germanic *plegōn ‘to move; to engage, practice’

Old English plegian ‘to play’

Middle English pleyen ‘to engage in a game or sport’

English play

Today it means

noun A form of petplay in which one or more players take on the role of a cat or kitten, especially as the pet of another.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / kittenplay