English word connection comes from Latin necto, and later Latin conexio (Connection. Junction, meeting.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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necto | Latin (lat) | I bind by obligation, oblige, make liable.. I bind, tie, fasten, connect, interweave, attach; unite; relate.. I contrive, devise, compose, produce. |
conecto | Latin (lat) | (of speech) I join to what precedes.. I connect, link, fasten together. |
conexio | Latin (lat) | Connection. Junction, meeting. |
connexio | Latin (lat) | |
connexion | English (en) | (UK, religion, historical) A circuit of prayer groups who employed travelling ministers alongside the regular ministers attached to each congregation.. (chiefly, UK). |
connection | English (en) | (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.. (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service. (uncountable) The act of connecting.. A feeling of [...] |