Where does “chaîne” come from?

chaîne (French) comes from Middle French chaisne, from Old French chaene, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

chaîne (French): chain; channel; warp

Definitions

  1. chain; channel; warp

Ancestry of “chaîne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchchaisnechain
2Old Frenchchaenechain
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “chaîne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Old French chaene →
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