Where does “candau” come from?

candau (Catalan) comes from Spanish candado, from Old Spanish cadnado, from Latin catēnātum, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

candau (Catalan): padlock

Definitions

  1. padlock

Ancestry of “candau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcandadolock, padlock
2Old Spanishcadnado—
3Latincatēnātumpadlock
4Latincatēnachain
5Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Latin catēnātum →