Where does “sen” come from?

sen (Tok Pisin) comes from English chain, from Middle English cheyne, from Old French chaine, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

sen (Tok Pisin): chain; cent

Definitions

  1. chain; cent

Ancestry of “sen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchainA series of interconnected rings or links usually...
2Middle EnglishcheyneA chain; a series of links made of metal,...
3Old Frenchchaine—
4Latincatēnachain
5Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “sen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Old French chaine →