Where does “katenativ” come from?
katenativ (German) comes from English catenative, from Latin catēnātus, from Latin catēnō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
katenativ (German): catenative
Definitions
- catenative
Ancestry of “katenativ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | catenative | Having the ability to catenate, or form chains; A... |
| 2 | Latin | catēnātus | chained, shackled |
| 3 | Latin | catēnō | to chain together |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |