Where does “caténaire” come from?

caténaire (French) comes from Latin catenāria, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

caténaire (French): overhead line; catenary

Definitions

  1. overhead line; catenary

Ancestry of “caténaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincatenāria—
2Latincatēnachain
3Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “caténaire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Latin catenāria →