Where does “catenarian” come from?

catenarian (English) comes from Latin catenārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

catenarian (English): catenary; like a chain

Definitions

  1. catenary; like a chain

Ancestry of “catenarian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincatenāriusof or pertaining to a chain
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin catenārius →