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"Concatenate" seems redundant to me, as the Latin prefix "con" means "together" and the root "caten" is a chain. So technically it's "chain together", but a cha
by AdmiralAsshat 6y ago
"Concatenate" seems redundant to me, as the Latin prefix "con" means "together" and the root "caten" is a chain. So technically it's "chain together", but a chain is already a thing that is linked together.
My Latin is rusty, but IIRC "con" can optionally just be added for emphasis, e.g. "iacere": to throw, but "conicere":to hurl. Maybe that's what was done here.
- i_am_programmer 6y agoLinks in a chain are already together. You absolutely can chain 2 things together that are not the chain itself. Where chain is used as a verb to describe the tying of things together. Saying chain together absolutely makes sence. Example "His ankles were chained together".