Where does “catenative” come from?

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

catenative (English): Having the ability to catenate, or form chains; A...

Definitions

  1. Having the ability to catenate, or form chains; A...

Ancestry of “catenative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincatēnātuschained, shackled
2Latincatēnōto chain together
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “catenative”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin catēnō →