Concatenate
/kənˈkætəˌneɪt/noun
To link things together in a series or chain.
Did you know?Concatenate comes from Latin *concatenare*, built from *com-* “together” + *catena* “chain,” so its original image is not abstract at all: it is things physically chained one after another.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
concatenare
“to chain together”
Late Latin
Latin
concatenatus
“chained together, linked in a series”
Old French
French
concatener
“to link or chain together”
15th Century
English
concatenate
“to link together in a chain or series”
Modern English
English
concatenate
“to connect or combine in a sequence”