catenatum

Latin

Etymology 1

Nominalization of etymology 2. Attested in Isidore of Seville and the Lex Visigothorum.^[1]^[2]

Noun

catēnātum n (genitive catēnātī); second declension (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin)

padlock

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catēnātum	catēnāta
Genitive	catēnātī	catēnātōrum
Dative	catēnātō	catēnātīs
Accusative	catēnātum	catēnāta
Ablative	catēnātō	catēnātīs
Vocative	catēnātum	catēnāta

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: cadenat
- Old Occitan: cadenat
  - → French: cadenas
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Leonese: cadnato (11th c., with pre-literary spelling ⟨t⟩ for /-d-/)
- Old Galician-Portuguese: cadẽado
  - Galician: cadeado
  - Portuguese: cadeado
- Old Spanish: cadenado, cadnado; (various resolutions of awkward /dn/ cluster →) calnado, cannado, candado
  - Spanish: candado

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “candado”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 799
^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “catena”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 502

Etymology 2

Participle

catēnātum

inflection of catēnātus:
1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
2. accusative masculine singular

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