Where does “cadeado” come from?

cadeado (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese cadẽado, from Late Latin catenatum, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

cadeado (Portuguese): padlock; locked with a padlock

Definitions

  1. padlock; locked with a padlock

Ancestry of “cadeado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecadẽadolock
2Late Latincatenatumnominative neuter singular of catēnātus;...
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-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 Late Latin catenatum →