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Re:The Source History of Cat by swoopitypoop on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @03:52PM (#18444792)
Latin root word "catena", meaning "chain".
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Re:The Source History of Cat by loeg on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @09:22PM (#18446898)
Latin root "con-" ("com-") meaning "with," or "together." As in, "concatenate" means something like, "chain together."

https://www.etymonline.com/word/com-

https://www.etymonline.com/word/concatenate

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