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Where does “cadea” come from?

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

cadea (Galician): chain; prison

Definitions

  1. chain; prison

Ancestry of “cadea”, step by step

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