Etymology

concatenate

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Today it means: To join or link together, as though in a chain. Full definition →

Latin concatēnātus ← Proto-Italic *katesnā ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Italic*katesnā
  7. Latincatēna
  8. Latincatēnō
  9. Latinconcatēnō
  10. Latinconcatēnātus
  11. English todayconcatenate

From the perfect passive participle stem of Latin concatēnāre (“to link or chain together”), from con- (“with”) + catēnō (“chain, bind”), from catēna (“a chain”).

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