English

incatenation

Incatenation comes from Latin incatenatio, from catena ‘chain’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *katesnā.

Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*katesnāreconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcatena‘chain’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincatenatio
Englishearliest quotation 1765incatenation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*katesnāreconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcatena‘chain’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincatenatio
Englishearliest quotation 1765incatenation

Earliest quotation: 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, Essay XVIII: “[…] I am apt to think, that a perſon,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *katesnā

catenin, 8 more

through Latin catena ‘chain’

chain, catena, 8 more

Today it means

noun The act of linking together; enchaining.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *katesnā / incatenation

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