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Where does “cadena” come from?

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

Ancestry of “cadena”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cadena”

  • cadena
  • encadenar
  • desencadenar
  • kadena
  • kadena
  • karina
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