Etymology

concatenative

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Today it means: Linked in a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; successive. Full definition →

English concatenate ← Latin concatēnātus ← Proto-Italic *katesnā
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The story

  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. Englishconcatenate
  12. English todayconcatenative

From concatenate + -ive.

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