Where does “cadenas” come from?
cadenas (French) comes from Old Occitan cadenat, from Late Latin catenatum, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
cadenas (French): padlock
Ancestry of “cadenas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Occitan | cadenat | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | catenatum | nominative neuter singular of catēnātus;... |
| 3 | Latin | catēna | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kat- | cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave... |
Words derived from “cadenas”