Etymology

concatenation

con·cat·e·na·tion
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Today it means: A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. Full definition →

Latin concatēnātiō ← 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. Latinconcatēnātiō
  11. English todayconcatenation

Borrowed from Latin concatēnātiō. By surface analysis, concatenate + -ion. Related to chain.

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