Connection etymology

English

English word connection comes from Latin necto, and later Latin conexio (Connection. Junction, meeting.)

Detailed word origin of connection

Dictionary entry Language Definition
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 [...]

Words with the same origin as connection

Descendants of necto

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