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Where does “catenate” come from?

catenate (English) comes from Latin catēnātus, from Latin catēnō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

catenate (English): To connect things together, especially to form a...

Definitions

  1. To connect things together, especially to form a...

Ancestry of “catenate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincatēnātus—
2Latincatēnō—
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “catenate”

  • decatenate
  • catenator
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →