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

Definitions

  1. padlock

Ancestry of “cadenas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitancadenat—
2Late Latincatenatumnominative neuter singular of catēnātus;...
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “cadenas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Late Latin catenatum →