Translation
chain
Word origin
From French chaine, from Latin catena, a chain. English chain came by the same French route, and the Latin form is still visible in concatenate, to chain things together.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- catena
- English cognates
- chain, concatenate
Examples
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The dog was tied up with a long chain.
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Every link of the chain is made of iron.
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The slaves broke their chains.
The physical object first, but carries every figurative use English gives chain: a chain of events, a mountain chain, a chain of shops. A single link is a , the ordinary word for ring, and to chain someone up is ĉenligi or simply enĉenigi. Mind the hat: ĉ is the ch of church, so the word sounds like CHEH-no.
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