Where does “chaînon” come from?

chaînon (French) comes from French chaîne, 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...

chaînon (French): link; secondary range

Definitions

  1. link; secondary range

Ancestry of “chaînon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchaînechain; channel; warp
2Middle Frenchchaisnechain
3Old Frenchchaenechain
4Latincatēnachain
5Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “chaînon”

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