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concatenate.

To join or link together, as though in a chain.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kənˈkæ.tə.neɪt/General-American

  1. To join or link together, as though in a chain.

  2. To join (text strings) together.

    transitive
    Concatenating "shoe" with "string" yields "shoestring".
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin catēnō Latin concatēnō Latin concatēnātus English concatenate From the perfect passive participle stem of Latin concatēnāre (“to link or chain together”), from con- (“with”) + catēnō (“chain, bind”), from catēna (“a chain”).

adj/kənˈkæ.tə.neɪt/General-American

  1. Joined together as if in a chain.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin catēnō Latin concatēnō Latin concatēnātus English concatenate From the perfect passive participle stem of Latin concatēnāre (“to link or chain together”), from con- (“with”) + catēnō (“chain, bind”), from catēna (“a chain”).

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