Etymology

interconnected

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Today it means: Intertwined; connected at multiple points or levels. Full definition →

English connected ← Latin connectō ← Proto-Italic *kom-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Latinnectō
  13. Latincōnectō
  14. Latinconnectō
  15. Englishconnect
  16. Englishconnected
  17. English todayinterconnected

From inter- + connected.

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