Etymology

connect

con·nect
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Today it means: To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. Full definition →

Latin connectō ← Proto-Italic *kom- ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinnectō
  7. Latincōnectō
  8. Latinconnectō
  9. English todayconnect

From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit.

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