Where does “chainon” come from?

chainon (English) comes from French chaînon, from French chaîne, from Middle French chaisne, from Old French chaene, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

chainon (English): A secondary range of mountains

Definitions

  1. A secondary range of mountains

Ancestry of “chainon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchaînonlink; secondary range
2Frenchchaînechain; channel; warp
3Middle Frenchchaisnechain
4Old Frenchchaenechain
5Latincatēnachain
6Proto-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 chaene →