chaîne
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Inherited from Middle French chaisne, from Old French chaene, chaiene, caiene, inherited from Latin catēna. Doublet of cadène and catène. The long vowel derives from the Old French hiatus; by analogy the length was expressed with a silent -s- in Middle French, which was then replaced with the circumflex.
chaîne f (plural chaînes)
chaîne
From Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”).
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chaîne f (plural chaînes)
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