Where does “catenaccio” come from?

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

catenaccio (Italian): a bolt; a system of play in which defence is...

Definitions

  1. a bolt; a system of play in which defence is...

Ancestry of “catenaccio”, step by step

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

Words derived from “catenaccio”

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