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Where does “kateno” come from?

kateno (Esperanto) comes from Italian catena, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

kateno (Esperanto): chain

Definitions

  1. chain

Ancestry of “kateno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancatenachain; bond, fetter; subordination, repression;...
2Latincatēna—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “kateno”

  • mankateni
  • mankateno
  • kateni
  • alkateni
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