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Where does “catēna” come from?

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

Ancestry of “catēna”, step by step

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