[["\"Pet\" as a noun dates to the 16th century (from, remarkably, a Scottish Gaelic word meaning \"tame animal\").", 189.0], ["The word petit in french at the time referred to small children. Afterwards, it was then applied to companion animals because they were generally small. Thus they became \"pets.\" ", 161.0], ["\"Pet\" as a noun dates to the 16th century (from, remarkably, a Scottish Gaelic word meaning \"tame animal\"). \"Pet\" as a verb, meaning \"treat as a pet\" (indulge), dates to about a century later. The sense of \"stroke\" is fairly recent, really just in the 20th century.", 90.0]]
why are pets called pets
animals,pets