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Ligurian
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Latin catēna, from Proto-Italic *katesnā. of further unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
cadeña f (plural cadeñe)
- chain (series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal)
1630, Gian Giacomo Cavalli, “Rime servili”, in Çittara zeneize, section I (section 1), lines 1–3; republished as Giuseppe Maria Priani, editor, Genoa: Giovanni Franchelli, 1745:Per fâme un vero scciavo da cadeña,
E per poeime a sò posta strapaççâ,
Amô m'ha fæto un tiro da corsâ- In order to make me into a real chained slave, and to be able to mistreat me himself, Love has played a sneaky trick against me
- (literally, “To make me a true slave of chain, ”)