Where does “intercatenated” come from?
intercatenated (English) comes from English catenate, from Latin catēnātus, from Latin catēnō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
intercatenated (English): interchained
Definitions
- interchained
Ancestry of “intercatenated”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | catenate | To connect things together, especially to form a... |
| 2 | Latin | catēnātus | chained, shackled |
| 3 | Latin | catēnō | to chain together |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |