Where does “antichain” come from?

antichain (English) comes from English chain, from Middle English cheyne, from Old French chaine, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

antichain (English): A subset, A, of a partially ordered set, (P, ≤), such that no two elements of A are comparable with respect to ≤

Definitions

  1. A subset, A, of a partially ordered set, (P, ≤), such that no two elements of A are comparable with respect to ≤

Ancestry of “antichain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchainA series of interconnected rings or links usually...
2Middle EnglishcheyneA chain; a series of links made of metal,...
3Old Frenchchaine—
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 Old French chaine →