Where does “chaine” come from?

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

Ancestry of “chaine”, step by step

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

Words derived from “chaine

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat-
chaine — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer