Where does “chaîne” come from?

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

chaîne (Norman): chain

Definitions

  1. chain

Ancestry of “chaîne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchaine—
2Latincatēnachain
3Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Old French chaine →