Where does “desencadenar” come from?

desencadenar (Catalan) comes from Catalan encadenar, from Catalan en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

desencadenar (Catalan): to unleash, to release

Definitions

to unleash, to release

Ancestry of “desencadenar”, step by step

desencadenar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan encadenar

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Catalan	encadenar	to chain, put in chains; to have a run
2	Catalan	en-	en- all meanings
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Catalan des

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Catalan	des	from
2	Late Latin	de ēx	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →