Etymology

catenate

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Today it means: To connect things together, especially to form a chain. Full definition →

Latin catēnātus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromcatēnātus“chained”
  2. English todaycatenate

Borrowed from Latin catēnātus (“chained”), from catēnāre, from catēna (“chain”).

Words from the same roots

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